The phrase "alive opposition" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing active resistance or dissent, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "The alive opposition to the proposed policy was evident during the town hall meeting."
Alternatives: "active resistance" or "vibrant dissent".
Congressional supporters of piracy legislation have been in a big hurry because the Web is starting to come alive with opposition — nearly 90,000 Tumblr users have phoned members of Congress and more than a million people have signed an online petition protesting the legislation.
In Tehran, hundreds of protesters marched Sunday at Tehran University and the University of Science and Industry, chanting, "Montazeri is alive!" An opposition Web site, Peykeiran, reported that demonstrators had set fire to two buses in the ayatollah's hometown, Najafabad, and had clashed with riot police officers.
No one knows if those methods will keep the opposition alive.
Now in his mid-80s, frail and ill, Ayatollah Montazeri has remained in his home in Qum, the center of religious learning in Iran, issuing one politically charged religious edict after another, helping keep alive a faltering opposition movement.
Kyoto: When President Bush arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, he will see, quite nearby, a giant inflatable balloon celebrating the entry into force of the Kyoto treaty on global warming: a not-so-subtle message to the visitor that Europe has kept Kyoto alive, despite his opposition.
Notwithstanding Israel's reassurances that the plan is still on paper, several others, in other settlements, are already far more advanced.But Mr Sharon also had something to show since Sharm: success in steering his Gaza withdrawal plan through Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and keeping his governing coalition alive, despite stiff opposition both in his party and outside it.
A government supporter was burnt alive and an opposition supporter was shot in the head, the witnesses said.
Things like this keep the public opposition alive," he said.
"In case after case we investigated, the individuals had been videotaped alive by the opposition fighters who held them, and then found dead hours later," Bouckaert said.
Since the opposition came alive, Rain, a three-year-old Internet and cable experiment (its tagline is "the Optimistic Channel"), has become the hippest and most independent outlet in Russia.
