Sentence examples for fierce stance from inspiring English sources

Nor will the KLA even contemplate negotiating with the Serbs unless their "occupying" forces withdraw.The gap between this fierce stance and that of the Contact Group (representatives of the United States, Russia and the EU's four biggest countries), which is supposed to be working for a settlement, has never been wider.

Jackson ran in 1984 and 1988 as not just a potential "first black president" but also as an unabashed liberal, whose platform included a nuclear freeze, universal healthcare, societal recognition for gay people and lesbians, and slavery reparations, plus a fierce stance against apartheid in South Africa and for Palestinian statehood; all positions considered radical at the time.

Next to that fierce stance on the planet's future, the mild requests of activists for the last 25 years seem... well, next to pointless.

Senator Warren, known for her fierce stance to hold Wall Street and big banks accountable and fighting for working families, would energize the Democratic base in ways that Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders cannot do.

China's "netizens" frequently use occasions like these to criticise their own government in Beijing for not mustering as fierce a stance with regard to the disputed islets as is its old enemy, the KMT.

It was about this time that he discovered that he was in fact Jewish, which somewhat complicated his fierce anti-Israel stance.

Ronald Reagan stirred Republicans in 1980 with a charismatic presence and clear vision — his fierce anti-Soviet stance, his call for rolling back government and cutting welfare — that has continued to define conservative Republican Party policies since he left.

Many believe that the Northern League — known at the top for its savvy, pragmatic politicians and at the grass roots level for its fierce anti-immigrant stance — is a more troubling kind of separatist threat than Mr. Durnwalder and his party, because it manages to criticize the centralized state while being a pillar of the governing coalition.

She expressed her happiness in being honest and open but also her fears about her home of Jamaica's fierce anti-gay stance.

This exalted status no doubt helps account for the incredibly fierce and conflicting stances that people take on individual artists.

Ali is not just celebrated for his achievements in sports: He's known for his radical political stances, his fierce defense of racial justice, as well as his humanitarianism.