Although Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme religious leader, has repeatedly backed Mr. Ahmadinejad in public speeches, hard-line support for Mr. Ahmadinejad may be weaker than it appears and fear of Mr. Khatami's candidacy is high.
Modern-day tackling techniques and the no-risk option of ball retention are no doubt contributory factors, but the value of staying on the feet – driving and spinning before breaking out with a running No 9 and hard-line support runners around him – must never be underestimated.
A vote for Mr. Corzine's platform, for example -- with its hard-line support for abortion rights, gay rights, affirmative action, gun control and big government programs -- would seem to represent an embrace of the kind of liberalism that has been out of fashion for decades.
Given Obama's hard-line support for Israeli policies, then, why has he been targeted for allegedly not supporting Israel enough?
P5+1 should be cautious that they are indirectly bolstering IRGC's military prowess and rallying more hard-line support behind IRGC.
The irony of these Republican attacks implying Obama's hostility toward Israel, therefore, is that Obama's hard-line support for Israeli government policies is probably the single issue that places him furthest to the right of rank-and-file Democrats.
The university's basis for the firing and subsequent hard-line support of the decision was that Waters had opportunities for at least 18 months to stop the demeaning behavior or report it to other university officials, according to documents provided by OSU.
American officials have unwittingly encouraged the Bashir regime to take a hard line by supporting successive compromise proposals rather than insisting that Khartoum adhere to the peace agreement and abide by the court ruling.
New Jersey Solidarity takes a hard line in its support of the Palestinians.
Poland took the hardest line of support, pledging 200 troops, most of whom are already in the gulf.
Joshua Rosenzweig, a Hong Kong-based researcher at nonprofit Dui Hua Foundation, which promotes Chinese-American dialogue on human rights, said Mr. Hada's long sentence and the fact that it was not reduced for good behavior highlights Beijing's hard line toward those who support separatist aspirations among the country's ethnic minorities.
