While many Cole initiatives have drawn praise, some have elicited opposition.
The League's audacious land-grab elicited opposition from supporters, Fifa, Uefa ("a nonsense idea"), the Football Association, the Professional Footballers Associationn, most international confederations, the media, the government and Sir Alex Ferguson, who complained that managers had not been consulted.
His nomination elicited opposition within the Senate, however, particularly from Democrats who found that his representation and support of corporate interests appeared at variance with concern for the economic crisis precipitated by the Great Depression; nevertheless, he was confirmed by the Senate 52 26 on February 13.
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On the campaign trail, the Pentagon's February announcement of new openings for women elicited opposition from then-presidential candidate Rick Santorum, once the third-ranking Republican senator and a favorite among social conservatives.
Cordileone's stand has elicited opposition at the high schools, especially from students, who have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #teachacceptance and on Monday wore white in solidarity with teachers.
Efforts to improve working conditions for low-wage care workers have also moved forward, though they continue to elicit stiff opposition from corporate lobbyists.
The JOBS Act, the contentious new law that rolls back various securities rules, elicited strong opposition from regulators in recent months.
Before last week, almost every long-term solution the city floated elicited intense opposition, adding to fears among some environmentalists that the truck-based program would continue for many years.
But odds are that Mr Netanyahu will not succeed since the ploy is eliciting wide opposition, including from hard-right and ultra-orthodox coalition partners and Jewish and Arab opposition legislators.
