* In The Plot Against America by Philip Roth, he is depicted as one of the leaders of the opposition against president Charles Lindbergh.

Against strong opposition, the vote passed on September 28, 1938.

) As a result of this incident and petitions from West India merchants, the opposition in Parliament voted ( 257 " For " and 209 " Against ") on 28 March to ask the King to seek redress from Spain.

Also in 1985 Cliff contributed to the song " Sun City ," a protest song written and composed by Steven Van Zandt and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid.

He has also been noted for his opposition to the drinking age limit policies of Mothers Against Drunk Driving who want to keep it at age 21.

In 1966, Bly co-founded American Writers Against the Vietnam War, and went on to lead much of the opposition to that war among writers.

Against their continued reign stood an opposition faction, centered around the independently-owned German language socialist daily, the Newyorker Volkszeitung, the editor of which was Alexander Jonas.

Against opposition from New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, Miller fashioned the law creating the New York City Transit Commission.

Against Jack Charlton's Ireland side in Genoa, Romania didn't have the quality to break down a defensive opposition.

Some of these groups, such as consumer organization Californians Against Utility Company Abuse ( which mounted opposition to the use of taxpayer dollars to build public EV charging stations ), were themselves accused of receiving their funding from oil companies interested in keeping gasoline cars on the roads.

Against considerable opposition from The March of Dimes Foundation, which supported the relatively effective killed vaccine, Sabin prevailed on the Public Health Service to license his three strains of vaccine.

The 17th chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, she was a leading voice in opposition to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

Against the opposition of Sir Robert Inglis, the first reading was passed by 115 to 97 votes.

The group also launched a new communist opposition journal, Gegen den Strom ( Against the Current ).

Against this prevailing climate, Marcuse promotes the " great refusal " ( described at length in the book ) as the only adequate opposition to all-encompassing methods of control.

His support for international socialism and his opposition to conscription frequently caused him to take positions opposed to Labor policy, and in 1937 he was expelled over his membership of the Movement Against War and Fascism.

These include Graduates Against Student Organization GASO, an unorganized collection of students in direct opposition of GESO, and At What Cost ?, which encourages careful consideration of the consequences of forming a graduate student union.

Wylfa B's proposal has been the subject of much local opposition, led by the group People Against Wylfa B ( PAWB – " pawb " is Welsh for " everyone ").

Opinion polls commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports as part of its campaigning have shown very strong public opposition to hare coursing from both urban and rural residents of Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Vallée's opposition to the ETH theory is summarised in his paper, " Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects ", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1990:

Against this proposal of the defence minister, the opposition, led by the Independence Party, launched an endless obstruction under the slogan of " no more soldiers without the introduction of Hungarian as the language service and command ".

Against overwhelming public opposition, he secured $ 1 billion ( along with Allegheny County Commissioners Bob Cranmer and Mike Dawida ) in funding for the development of Heinz Field, PNC Park, and a new convention center that was the largest certified green building in the United States.

Leaders of the Southern Baptists and United Methodists led opposition to the amendment during Wilkinson's administration, activating the Coalition Against a State Lottery.

" Two Harvard students started Students Against Super Sexist Institutions-We Oppose Oppressive Finals Clubs ( SASSI-WOOFCLUBS ) in September 2004, in opposition to the influence of final clubs on Harvard's campus.

Against the advice of his political allies, and the misgivings of the Emperor, Konoe appointed Yosuke Matsuoka as his foreign minister.

Against his wishes Nicias was appointed General along with Alcibiades and Lamachus, all three of whom were given full powers to do whatever was in the best interests of Athens while in Sicily.

He was appointed by New York Mayor John Lindsay to head the Commission Against Poverty.

Against expectations, he appointed Castellano to succeed him over his underboss Aniello " Neil " Dellacroce.

Against his wishes Nicias was appointed General along with Alcibiades and Lamachus, all three of whom were given full powers to do whatever was in the best interests of Athens while in Sicily.

In 2000 Warith Deen Mohammed was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Religious Alliance Against Pornography ( RAAP ).

Against this is that the Abbey appointed Werner von Winterau and his male heirs village Vögte on 31 January 1326.

In 2012, War on Want appointed a new senior campaigns officer, Rafeef Ziadeh, a co-founder of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and identifies herself as a " refugee from occupied Palestine.

In November 2006, Rono was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador at Large by the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, IIMSAM, that works to promote the use of micro-algae Spirulina ( Spirulina Platensis ) to counter malnutrition and its severe negative impacts, especially in the developing and Least Developed Countries ( LDC ).

Against Cooke's advice, Beauchamp traveled immediately to Frankfort, where Sharp had recently been appointed attorney general by the governor.

He was appointed as the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in July 2002.

In June 1992, Fahey was appointed Premier of New South Wales after Greiner was forced to resign as a result of an Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales investigation.

Against the wishes of the duchy's Lutheran nobility, a Calvinist chancellor was appointed to govern the duchy.

He also become involved with world hunger in the 1970s, authoring the legislation creating a presidential Commission Against Hunger, to which he was subsequently appointed by President Jimmy Carter.

Towards the end of the 1990s, it was a key organiser in the Coalition Against BP in Columbia, highlighting abuse or workers and environmental giant by British Petroleum.

In October 2010 a comprehensive report titled " Geopiracy-The Case Against Geoengineering " was published, covering proposed technologies, governance discussions, geoengineering key players and the roles and interests of military and corporations.

Thornlea students often play key roles in the social activist life of Thornhill, and have, in the past, helped organize the Terry Fox Run, as well as the Walk Against Male Violence.

In God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now ( 2007 ), Crossan starts with the presumption of reader familiarity with key points from his earlier work on the nonviolent revolutionary Jesus, his Kingdom movement, and the surrounding matrix of the Roman imperial theological system of religion, war, victory, peace, but discusses them in the broader context of the escalating violence in world politics and popular culture of today.

The League Against Cruel Sports estimates some 12, 300 wild mammals and birds are killed on UK shooting estates every day and sees gamekeepers as playing a key role in the destruction of wildlife.

To date, some key partners include Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, International Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Human Rights Campaign, Linkage, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Out for Work, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Council for Global Equality, United ENDA, ENDA Now, NCTE, Immigration Equality and ReachOutUSA.

He partnered with Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( MADD ) on key DUI legislation.

Against the majority of Liberal Party members he strongly supported NATO and nuclear weapons, describing a separate European non-nuclear defence as ' akin to a behaving like a virgin in a brothel ', although he supported demands for ' dual key control ' of United States cruise missiles based in Britain.

AAALI is a key component of Act Against AIDS ( AAA ) – CDC ’ s five-year, $ 45 million campaign to re-engage every American in the fight against HIV by combating complacency, increasing testing, and raising awareness among communities at risk.

Appointed by the Commission on Human Rights and its sub-commissions, key rapporteurs include the Special Rapporteur on the Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, and the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.