It was not without fierce, high-profile critics in the black community, though: in 1994, the NAACP called the bill "a crime against the American people".
The first image at the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition is an eye of a face in profile, fierce and Roman-nosed, sketched in ink.
Danone is now in a fierce and high-profile legal battle with Wahaha, China's biggest beverage maker, over who controls the joint venture between the two companies.
The outrage over Indonesia's killings stems partially from the fact that Brazil and the Netherlands especially oppose the death penalty and put up high profile and fierce fights for their nationals' lives.
A national outcry was sparked when police released him, fuelling a fierce debate about racial profiling in the US.
Mr. McCain had clear vulnerabilities going into the race: his 27 years in Washington at a time when the anti-incumbency mood was fierce and his high-profile efforts to reform the immigration system that ran up against the hard-line approaches emanating from Arizona.
In the Arizona race, Mr. McCain had clear vulnerabilities going in: his 27 years in Washington at a time when the anti-incumbency mood was fierce and his high-profile efforts to reform the immigration system that ran up against the hard-line approaches emanating from Arizona.
The case sparked a fierce debate about racial profiling in the US.
The BBC's David Willis, in Florida, says the result, in a case which sparked a fierce debate about racial profiling in the US, will be seen as "sensational".
Ibrahimovic's show overshadowed two high-profile matches between fierce European rivals, with the Netherlands and Germany drawing, 0-0, and France coming from behind to beat Italy, 2-1.
