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But the S.E.C. has fought efforts to cut back on these types of injunctions.

In the meantime, however, Airbnb has fought efforts to force it to release detailed statistics.

"The voters are very clear about this," said Stacie Rumenap, executive director of U.S. Term Limits, which has fought efforts to lift or ease the barriers.

"Parents understand kids do better in small classes," said Carol Kocivar of the state P.T.A., which has fought efforts to water down the law.

The Christian group, the Alliance Defense Fund, based in Arizona, which represents the lawmakers, has fought efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in several states.

Run since 2005 by Comptroller John C. Dugan, a former bank lobbyist, the O.C.C. has fought efforts by state regulators to curb abuses, including predatory lending and fees on credit and gift cards.

Mr. Perry and Republican leaders have fought efforts to roll out federal health reform in Texas.

German doctors and hospitals, for example, have fought efforts to link funding with quality of care, says Maria Nadj-Kittler of the Picker Institute Europe, a research organisation, and are therefore hostile to patient reviews.

Citing safety concerns, dental associations have fought efforts to allow dental therapists — midlevel providers with more training than hygienists but less than dentists — to do common procedures like filling cavities and pulling teeth.

Lawyers hired by the Ben Ali clan have fought efforts to repatriate about $70 million held in Swiss bank accounts at every step, according to Enrico Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer working on behalf of the new Tunisian authorities.

Despite the rise in dental problems, state boards of dentists and the American Dental Association, the main lobbying group for dentists, have fought efforts to use dental hygienists and other non-dentists to provide basic care to people who do not have access to dentists.