By 1987, however, the USSR withdrew its opposition, concluding the SDI posed no threat.

Because of opposition, however, it did not become widely used until after World War II.

By 1967, however, Frei encountered increasing opposition from leftists, who charged that his reforms were inadequate, and from conservatives, who found them excessive.

However, in the run-up to the 1997 general election, Labour opposition Tony Blair was in talks with Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown about forming a coalition government if Labour failed to win a majority at the election ; however there was never any need for a coalition to be formed as Labour won the election by a landslide.

The Communist Party of China comprises a single-party state form of government ; however, there are parties other than the CPC within China, which report to the United Front Department of the Communist Party of China and do not act as opposition or independent parties.

Gairy won re-election in Grenada's first general election as an independent state in 1976 ; however, the opposition New Jewel Movement refused to recognize the result, claiming the poll was fraudulent, and so began working towards the overthrow of the Gairy regime by revolutionary means.

At the end of 1935, however, stressing the need for peace and internal order, Carías began to crack down on the opposition press and political activities.

Its boiling point is, however, moderate, being 2072 ° C ( 3762 ° F ), which is higher than that of thallium, but lower than that of gallium, showing opposition to melting points trend.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, political movements based on the liberal ideology of free expression and democratic rule have led the opposition in other parts of the world such as Latin America, Eastern Europe and many parts of Asia ; however " the simple fact is that political Islam currently reigns as the most powerful ideological force across the Muslim world today ".

The significance is clear, however, of the manner in which Justin identifies the historical Christ with the rational force operative in the universe, which leads up to the claim of all truth and virtue for the Christians and to the demonstration of the adoration of Christ, which aroused so much opposition, as the only reasonable attitude.

The following day, however, hundreds of opposition supporters gathered in Bishkek and marched on the government headquarters.

The protests continued, however, resulting in the flight of President Bakiyev to his southern stronghold of Jalalabad, and the freeing later the same day of the arrested opposition figures.

For the first time, however, opposition political parties won significant numbers of seats, and despite some irregularities and threats of violence from Major General Lekhanya, Lesotho experienced its first peaceful election.

Whereas the central Maoist line maintained that the masses controlled the means of production through the Party's mediation, the Ultra-Left argued that the objective interests of bureaucrats were structurally determined by the centralist state-form in direct opposition to the objective interests of the masses, regardless of however " red " a given bureaucrat's " thought " might be.

The conception that in religious matters anyone, however ignorant, can judge for himself, is the direct denial of the old Jewish maxim, ‘ The ignorant cannot be pious ’ ( Avot 2: 5 )… The majority vote of a Board of Directors of a synagogue is, after all, a negligible quantity when it is in opposition to the vote of historical Judaism with its myriad of Saints and thousands of Sages … The sorting, distributing, selecting, harmonizing and completing can only be done by experienced hands.

Feeling vulnerable to opposition on religious grounds, however, he devised a method of obscuring his meaning by using " Virgilianized " syntax, word games and a mixture of other languages such as Greek, Italian, Latin, and Provençal.

Moríñigo's intentions about stepping down were murky, however, and his de facto alliance with Colorado Party hardliners and their thuggish Guión Rojo ( red script ) paramilitary group antagonized the opposition.

In the newly created municipal elections of 1991, however, opposition candidates won several major urban centers, including Asunción.

When the National Assembly is controlled by his opponents, however, the president can find himself marginalized with the opposition party prime minister exercising most of the power.

If, however, an opposition party wins a majority of seats in the House of Commons, the prime minister may resign or be dismissed by the governor general.

In general, however, the Prime Minister and their colleagues may secure the Commons ' support for almost any bill by internal party negotiations with little regard to opposition MPs.

Inter Caetera of 1456 was in direct opposition, however, to the stance taken by Pope Eugene IV in the 1435 bull Sicut Dudum, where infidels were acknowledged to have been created in the image of God and having souls, which implied that no Christian had the right to take away their liberty.

There was so much opposition to Gerbert's elevation to the See of Rheims, however, that Pope John XV ( 985 – 996 ) sent a legate to France who temporarily suspended Gerbert from his episcopal office.

Beginning in 2005, portions of the African National Congress wished to change the name of the city to match the name of the Tshwane municipality, however this met with stiff opposition, particularly from Afrikaner civil rights groups and political parties since it denies the history of the city as founded by Pretorius.

In the meantime, however, Khomeini was careful not to publicize his ideas for clerical rule outside of his Islamic network of opposition to the Shah which he worked to build and strengthen over the next decade.

These sparks later led to a nationwide revolt of the Indian soldiers in opposition to the British East India Company that began in Calcutta.

Rutherford officials have been working to get approval for the project in the face of opposition from the 14 mayors of the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee.

and Vlaams Belang are in the opposition in the Municipal Council, and together have 11 seats out of 25.

A forceful and uncompromising Mayor of Reykjavík, Davíð was much-criticized by the left-wing opposition in the Municipal Council.

The council elects a Municipal executive committee ( kommunstyrelse ), with 13 members representing both the political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the assembly.

The general election was won by the Progressive Conservatives and Gerretsen entered parliament as a member of the opposition, serving as Opposition Critic on Municipal Affairs and Housing and Chief Opposition Whip.

It was noted that in spite of the strong opposition from the members of the Municipal Council ( majority of whom belonged to the political camp of former Mayor Jagunap ), Mayor Jaen was able to extend the Leganes Town Hall, the construction of the Post Office, and the well-furnished Session Hall.

Municipal elections are officially non-partisan, but as with National Assembly elections, critics maintain that no candidate can express overt opposition to the Castro government or to the communist system.

His re-elections were without opposition and he was twice rated " Outstanding " by the Municipal League.

In opposition, he served as his party's critic for the Solicitor General and Municipal Affairs.

David W. Packard in his opposition to the deal " massive layoffs as an example of this departure from HP ’ s core values ... that although the founders never guaranteed job security, ' Bill and Dave never developed a premeditated business strategy that treated HP employees as expendable.

The principal candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, Al Gore and Bill Bradley, both endorsed military service by open gays and lesbians, provoking opposition from high-ranking retired military officers.

His opposition to the Reform Bill caused him to leave the Whigs and join the Tories, and he was elected, first for Cockermouth in 1831 and then in 1832 for Norwich, for which he sat until the dissolution of parliament in 1835.

His beliefs were supported by what he saw as the militia's ideological opposition to increases in taxes and the passage of the Brady Bill, and were further reinforced by the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party, is less active in its opposition of this case of disfranchisement but has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations have publicly recognized in writing through Presidential Task Force Reports.

* 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.

U. S. President Bill Clinton's surgeon general, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, tried to encourage the use of these practices among young people, but her position encountered opposition from a number of outlets, including the White House itself, and resulted in her being fired by President Clinton in December 1994.

Once laity and clergy relaxed their vehement opposition to the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 ( sometimes called the Trinitarian Act 1812 and also variously known as the Trinity Act, Unitarian Relief Act and Unitarian Toleration Bill ) that amended the Blasphemy Act 1697 in respect of its Trinitarian provisions, the British and Foreign Unitarian Association was founded in 1825.

Cobham had originally been a supporter of the government under Sir Robert Walpole, but a dispute over the controversial Excise Bill of 1733 had seen them join the opposition.

Gladstone said that the government would withdraw opposition to the Lords ' amendments to the Local Government Bill " under protest " and that it was " a controversy which, when once raised, must go forward to an issue ".

During 1972, the same year he again spoke publicly of his opposition to the immigration of Ugandan Asians, Powell was also defeated in his struggle against the European Communities Bill, which helped prepare the UK to join the common market, which he had spent three years campaigning to prevent from happening.

The Federalist Papers ( specifically Federalist No. 84 ) are notable for their opposition to what later became the United States Bill of Rights.

However, Hamilton's opposition to a Bill of Rights was far from universal.

There was opposition from Queensland and its sugar industry to the proposals of the Pacific Islanders Bill to exclude " Kanaka " laborers, however Barton argued that the practice was " veiled slavery " that could lead to a " negro problem " similar to that in the United States and the Bill was passed.

Chamberlain was also influential in the local campaign in support of Gladstone's Irish Disestablishment Bill against the House of Lords's opposition.

It stated in part " We do understand though that The Salvation Army ’ s official opposition to the Reform Bill was deeply hurtful to many, and are distressed that ill-feeling still troubles our relationship with segments of the gay community.

In 1991, with Labour still in opposition and a general election due by June 1992, he proposed the Commonwealth of Britain Bill, abolishing the Monarchy in favour of the United Kingdom becoming a " democratic, federal and secular commonwealth ", a republic with a written constitution.

Leading the opposition to the Bill were Hartington ( now the Duke of Devonshire ) and Chamberlain.

Many Nevadans ' opposition stemmed from the so-called " Screw Nevada Bill ," the 1987 legislation halting study of Hanford and Texas as potential sites for the waste before conclusions could be met.

* On July 3, 1998, Labour MP Michael Foster's Wild Mammals ( Hunting with Dogs ) Bill was blocked in parliament by opposition filibustering.

In 2009, several parties in New Zealand staged a filibuster of the Local Government ( Auckland Reorganisation ) Bill in opposition to the government setting up a new Auckland Council under urgency and without debate or review by select committee, by proposing thousands of wrecking amendments and voting in Māori as each amendment had to be voted on and votes in Māori translated into English.

A second high-profile and uniquely implemented filibuster in the Ontario Legislature occurred in April, 1997, where the New Democratic Party, then in opposition, tried to prevent the governing Progressive Conservatives ' Bill 103 from taking effect.

After discussion between the minister for local government and local representatives, the minister, Richard Mulcahy, introduced as a government measure, The Cork City Management Bill, 1929 and it became law despite opposition.

As leader of the opposition he was in no position to make active changes, but his strong campaigning, particularly on Home Rule, turned Liberal attempts to pass the Third Home Rule Bill into a three year struggle eventually halted by the start of the First World War.