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He said at a news conference on Monday that he had directed his military commanders to be "aggressive" in the face of provocations.

Many in the church hierarchy, from local bishops to the cardinals who run the church, have grown increasingly aggressive in the face of sweeping criticism, and more specifically, at charges that Benedict failed to act — both as Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger in his native Germany and as leader of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith before becoming pope — against two pedophile priests.

The Japanese government's worries have increased this year, however, as North Korea grows more aggressive in the face of Trump's erratic threats.

The Medal of Honor citation noted his "herculean efforts" and "aggressive determination in the face of point-blank fire".

The first public hearing on the issue was not held until January, and many insurers blame the state for not being aggressive enough in the face of the opposition.

Mr. Saunderson said the size of today's cut -- and the apparent alacrity with which the 18 members of the bank's governing council agreed to it -- suggested that the bank might adopt a more aggressive stance in the face of Europe's deepening troubles.

China Development Bank's latest moves give strong indication that Chinese companies are set to take an aggressive role in the face of the recent wave of consolidation across iron ore and other segments of the mining business, a contingency plan to ensure sufficient supply of commodities at manageable prices for China's growing industrial economy.

Such accommodation, however, is the exception in the United States; the typical picture of an organizing drive is still one of aggressive union campaigning in the face of aggressive employer opposition.

EE previously cut the cost of its 4G plans in October last year with a £19 starting contract as the mobile operator became more aggressive in pricing in the face of new competition from Vodafone and O2 launching their own 4G networks.

But nobody should imagine that broadcasters courageously launched aggressive news divisions in the face of government hostility; if Baughman has it right, broadcasters became journalistic because the government forced them to.

Malcolm Wood, head of Asia Pacific Strategy at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, said that the move was an "extraordinarily aggressive policy action in the face of extraordinarily bad news," but that this — and a flurry of measures around the world in the past two months — was grounds for optimism in the global effort to shore up the real economy.