In 2003 he opposed Howard's decision to take part in the Iraq War although in 2004 argued it would be electoral " suicide " for the Liberal Party to replace Howard with an alternate leader at the time.

* Australian federal election, 2004: Liberal-National coalition, led by John Howard ; had opposed Howard's bid for a third term in 2001

" In keeping with that sentiment, Lincoln led the moderates regarding Reconstruction policy, and was opposed by the Radical Republicans, under Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, Sen. Charles Sumner and Sen. Benjamin Wade, political allies of the president on other issues.

Andrew opposed his son's policy and he entrusted Béla with the government of Transylvania while his younger son, Coloman became the governor of Béla's former provinces.

Before this action, though, he had for the most part opted to continue the Whig policy of limited expansion, preferring to maintain the then-current borders as opposed to promoting expansion.

This group opposed what they saw as a leftward shift in Labour policy, the increasing prominence within the party of Tony Benn, and the involvement of trade unions in choosing the leader of the Labour Party.

They were also vehemently opposed to unilateral nuclear disarmament, an increasingly popular policy amongst members of the party.

As was his policy, Graham ignored criticism of his campaigns and, in 1966, claimed not to know why the University opposed them ; but members of his staff openly accused Jones of jealousy on the grounds that Jones ’ s evangelistic meetings had never been as large as Graham ’ s.

The motivation for community colleges was a new way of thinking about education and training in Canada ( more specifically in Ontario ), and was economically based as opposed to the much earlier start in the United States of Junior and Community Colleges which was driven by an integrative social policy.

Lansbury strongly opposed the policy.

Zinoviev, from his position as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International ( Comintern ), opposed Stalin's policy.

In addition, any lawyer who is convicted of a felony is automatically disbarred in most jurisdictions, a policy that, although opposed by the American Bar Association, has been described as a convicted felon's

In 1955 American nuclear arms policy became one aimed primarily at arms control as opposed to disarmament.

A point of emphasis in Ike's campaign had been his endorsement of a policy of liberation from communism as opposed to a policy of containment.

Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili and former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen opposed the policy in January 2007: " I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces " Shalikashvili wrote.

Because of the brevity of his reign, Emperor Yōmei was not responsible for any radical changes in policy, but his support of Buddhism created tension with supporters of Shintoism who opposed its introduction.

The Kaiser opposed Bismarck's careful foreign policy and wanted Germany to pursue colonialist policies, as Britain and France had been doing for decades, as well as build a navy that could match the British.

He supported Britain in the First World War, despite his many criticisms of British policy, and opposed, in 1916, moves for an early peace.

Labor leader Arthur Calwell bitterly opposed Australia's part in the war and promised that Australian troops would be brought home if Labor won office, and opposition to overseas service by Australian conscripts had long been part of ALP policy.

The Clinton administration, by contrast, was committed to a policy of ' lift and strike ' ( lifting the arms embargo and inflicting air strikes on the Serbs ) causing tensions in the ' special relationship ' ( Douglas Hurd and others strongly opposed this policy ).

Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed re-conquest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming a " hands off " policy.

In March 1848, the Whigs, who had been so opposed to Polk's policy, suddenly changed position.

As part of his fiscal policy, he opposed a Social Security benefits freeze and endorsed a freeze on government spending.

Baron Ernst von Weizsäcker, ( the State Secretary 1938 – 1943 ) opposed the general trend in German foreign policy towards attacking Czechoslovakia: he feared that it might cause a general war that Germany would lose.

In the eighties, many fighters defected to the rival World Karate Association ( WKA ) because of the PKA's policy of signing fighters to exclusive contracts ; plus, the PKA sanctioned fights exclusively with what has become known as " full contact rules " which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.

On this issue, then, as on so many in these months, Steele and Swift took rigidly opposed points of view.

Some day we might see a Federation of Prison and Jail Inmates, with a leader busily trying to organize reformatory occupants, defendants out on bail, convicts opposed to probation officers, etc..

The matter was considered and reconsidered, and finally opposed, but in spite of many objections, the Court granted a charter on January 9, 1792.

The increase also was opposed by Leonard Kaplan, spokesman for the Home Builders Association of Philadelphia, on behalf of association members who operate apartment houses.

Commenting on the earlier stage, the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors ( in a recent report on the question of faculty participation in administrative decision-making ) noted that the term `` teacher-employee '' ( as opposed to, e.g., `` maintenance employee '' ) was a not inapt description.

( page 33 ) On the other hand, a little later on he says: `` Since 1692 a great but superficial change has wiped out God's beard and the Devil's horns, but the world is still gripped between two diametrically opposed absolutes.

Finney himself, while opposed to slavery, placed his chief emphasis on evangelism, but from his converts issued much of the leadership of the anti-slavery campaign.

These dynamic relationships, between what can be observed on the ground, as opposed to what can be observed by compiling many local observations remain fundamental in any kind of anthropology, whether cultural, biological, linguistic or archaeological.

" He ate the cookies on the couch ", for example, could mean that he ate those cookies which were on the couch ( as opposed to those that were on the table ), or it could mean that he was sitting on the couch when he ate the cookies.

Business ethics concerns questions such as the limits on managers in the pursuit of profit, or the duty of ' whistleblowers ' to the general public as opposed to their employers.

His report of life there covers a wide range of topics, such as marriage in heaven ( where all angels are married ), children in heaven ( where they are raised by angel parents ), time and space in heaven ( there are none ), the after-death awakening process in the World of Spirits ( a place halfway between Heaven and Hell and where people first wake up after death ), the allowance of a free will choice between Heaven or Hell ( as opposed to being sent to either one by God ), the eternity of Hell ( one could leave but would never want to ), and that all angels or devils were once people on earth.

Although much of the church hierarchy in the East had opposed the Nicene creed in the decades leading up to Theodosius ' accession, he managed to achieve unity on the basis of the Nicene creed.

Collins also considered it a talisman of sorts, and saw its equal emotional impact on the marchers, witnesses, and law enforcement who opposed the civil rights demonstrators.

In his first term in the House, he soon articulated his own brand of Jeffersonian – Jacksonian principles he would steadfastly promote throughout most of his political career ; he advocated for the interests of the poor, while maintaining an anti-abolitionist stance, insisted on limited spending by the government and opposed protective tariffs.

Multi-winged angels, often with only their face and wings showing, drawn from the higher grades of angels, especially cherubim and seraphim, are derived from Persian art, and are usually shown only in heavenly contexts, as opposed to performing tasks on earth.

It is an outer locative case, used just as the adessive and allative cases to denote both being on top of something and " being around the place " ( as opposed to the inner locative case, the elative, which means " from out of " or " from the inside of ").

She has expressed a variety of views on climate change but has been opposed to legislation reducing emissions.

From the mid-1930s on, National Socialist ideologues attacked the anthroposophical world-view as being opposed to Nazi racist and nationalistic principles ; anthroposophy considered " Blood, Race and Folk " as primitive instincts that must be overcome.

While in the view of most American academics the two were as diametrically opposed as good and evil, Sakharov believed that in this " tragic confrontation of two outstanding people ," both deserved respect, because " each of them was certain he had right on his side and was morally obligated to go to the end in the name of truth.

Drag on a flat plate is closer to being linear with the angle of inclination as opposed to acting quadratically at low angles.