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Archbishop of Cologne Warin granted Henry II the regency without substantial opposition.
Grattan supported the government for a time after 1782, and spoke and voted for the repressive legislation that followed the Whiteboy violence in 1785 ; but as the years passed without Pitt's personal favour towards parliamentary reform resulting in legislation, he gravitated towards the opposition, agitated for commutation of tithes in Ireland, and supported the Whigs on the regency question in 1788.
His regency was marked by Sweden's entrance into the Livonian War and the Northern Seven Years ' War, and the mutual relation between his developing mental disorder and the opposition with the aristocracy, leading to the Sture Murders ( 1567 ) and the imprisonment of his brother John ( III ), who was married to Catherine Jagiellonica, the sister of Sigismund II of Poland.
After a year of " obligatory regency " ( public lecturing ), Foxe would have been obliged to take holy orders by Michaelmas 1545, and the primary reason for his resignation was probably his opposition to clerical celibacy — which he described in letters to friends as self-castration.
She opposed the execution of Louis XVI of France, partly out of opposition to capital punishment and partly because she preferred a relatively tame and living king to the possibility of a rebel regency in exile.
Hely-Hutchinson supported the opposition on the regency question in 1788, and one of his last votes in the House was in favor of parliamentary reform.
During the regency crisis of 1788-9 he gave his support to the Prince of Wales in opposition to William Pitt the Younger.

opposition and was
The Boston elders were great at befuddling the opposition with torrents of ecclesiastical obscurities, but Gorton was better.
But his opposition hardened and by 1579, in The School Of Abuse, he was ready to banish all `` players ''.
But the price was the silence of the grave for all criticism or opposition.
More, the U.S. action was hailed by a principal opposition leader, Dr. Juan Bosch, as having saved `` many lives and many troubles in the near future ''.
But when this proposal was made to his Deacon Board, he met unanimous opposition.
The Providence Daily Journal answered the Daily Post by stating that the raid of John Brown was characteristic of Democratic acts of violence and that `` He was acting in direct opposition to the Republican Party, who proclaim as one of their cardinal principles that they do not interfere with slavery in the states ''.
Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.
But as November 1924 drew close the Democratic hierarchy was sorely troubled by grapevine reports that O'Banion was being wooed by the opposition, and was meeting and conferring with important Republicans.
They were to promise fine presents to the loyal red men, as well as an abundant supply of trading goods at better prices than the opposition was offering.
Increasing opposition can be expected in coming weeks, it was indicated.
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; ;
So, too, was the insistence on the relativity of the external world, and the ideas that language and things perceived by consciousness were poor substitutes indeed for immediate perception by pure, indwelling spirit: the opposition of pure consciousness to ratiocinating consciousness.
In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.
After he left home before the age of eighteen, his main interest in life was his opposition to the death penalty, which he regarded as state-sponsored murder.
Public demonstrations usually take place without government interference, though one rally in November 2000 by an opposition party was followed by the arrest and imprisonment for a month of its organizer.
Light chose, not without opposition, a site on rising ground close to the River Torrens, which was the chief early water supply for the fledgling colony.
Grey slashed public expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this point: silver was discovered in Glen Osmond that year, agriculture was well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial development.
By 1903 the Liberals were so dominant that there was no longer an organized opposition in Parliament.
Pro-business conservative commentators joined in opposition, writing that the Americans with Disabilities Act was " an expensive headache to millions " that would not necessarily improve the lives of people with disabilities.
On November 6, 1827, Alcott started teaching in Bristol, Connecticut, still using the same methods he used in Cheshire, but opposition from the community surfaced quickly ; he was unemployed by March 1828.

opposition and led
Some eastern Republicans even favored the reelection of Douglas for the Senate in 1858, since he had led the opposition to the Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state.
* D-Destra, led by Francesco Storace, was the most conservative component of the party, proud of the MSI's tradition and in open opposition to Fini.
However, earlier controversies over impact of the Boston extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike, particularly on the heavily populated neighborhood of Brighton, and the large number of additional homes that would have had to be destroyed, led to massive community opposition to both the Inner Belt and the Boston section of I-95.
Since the House of Lords no longer had the power to block the bill, the Unionist's Ulster Volunteers led by Sir Edward Carson, launched a campaign of opposition that included the threat of armed resistance in Ulster and the threat of mutiny by army officers in Ireland in 1914 ( see Curragh Incident ).
It was proposed by the Beazley led Australian Labor Party opposition in a 2006 press release, with the intention of protecting children who were vulnerable due to claimed parental computer illiteracy.
Public opposition and criticism have emerged, led by the EFA and gaining irregular mainstream media attention, with a majority of Australians reportedly " strongly against " its implementation.
The aristocrat Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès and the abbé Jean-Sifrein Maury led what would become known as the right wing, the opposition to revolution ( this party sat on the right-hand side of the Assembly ).
Serious civil disturbances led to an agreement between the government and opposition factions to work toward a political settlement.
These talks led to the Paris Accords in November 1994, under which several opposition figures were included in a government of national unity, and constitutional reforms were approved in a referendum in 1995.
Serious civil disturbances, which were heavily respressed by the presidential guard, led to an agreement between the government and opposition factions to work toward a political settlement.
These talks led to the Paris Accords in November 1994 in which several opposition figures were included in a government of national unity.
Aristide Menezes led the Democratic Front, which in 1991 became the first legal opposition party and paved the way for democratic elections.
Churchill supported the plan but British Military and government opposition led to its rejection.
Faced with overwhelming armed opposition, Amanullah was forced to abdicate in January 1929 after Kabul fell to forces led by Habibullah Kalakani.
He did finally call the National Assembly but his other actions triggered more opposition and that led to his downfall.
Despite Gaulish opposition led by Vercingetorix, the Overking of the Warriors, the Gauls succumbed to the Roman onslaught.
For prime minister, he selected Odilon Barrot, an unobjectionable middle-road parliamentarian, who had led the " loyal opposition " under Louis-Philippe.
The elections of March 1991 kept the former Communists in power, but a general strike and urban opposition led to the formation of a coalition cabinet that included non-Communists.
A later dispute over Hezbollah preservation of its telecoms network led to clashes and Hezbollah-led opposition fighters seized control of several West Beirut neighborhoods from Future Movement militiamen loyal to Fouad Siniora.
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 ".
They faced opposition from their enemies, the Fomorians, led by Balor of the Evil Eye.
The Indonesian opposition of Malaysian formation has led to Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in early 1960s.
The prospect of ministerial government and the creation of an executive and opposition, led to the formation of two political parties – the Jersey Democratic Alliance and the Centre Party – in preparation for the 2005 elections.
Once elected, Nehru headed an interim government, which was impaired by outbreaks of communal violence and political disorder, and the opposition of the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who were demanding a separate Muslim state of Pakistan.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( DMK ), a descendant of Dravidar Kazhagam, led the opposition to Hindi.

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