He faced heated opposition from some people in schools of education, he said, but he prevailed.
There was heated opposition from health professionals, who contended that such labeling confused and misled shoppers.
When Social Security was passed by Congress in 1935 and Medicare in 1965, there was indeed heated opposition.
The Reformation swept through Europe during the 16th century, arousing heated opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.
The state is now revising its proposal, but has encountered heated opposition from environmental groups as well as builders.
In November, Mr. Mohammed's case was assigned to federal court in Manhattan, a decision called into question after it drew heated opposition from local and other officials.
And most traditional political opponents no longer see heated opposition as politically viable, or have at least come to realize that the moment is not theirs.
Mandatory testing of newborns for exposure to H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, raised heated opposition from civil liberties groups concerned about confidentiality.
In Indiana, an expansive bill became one of the most controversial of the state legislative session, drawing heated opposition from labor groups and the state press association, which said the measure violated the First Amendment.
In 91 bc the Roman tribune Marcus Livius Drusus tried to solve the problem by proposing legislation that would have admitted all Italians to citizenship, but his program aroused heated opposition in the Senate, and Drusus was soon afterward assassinated.
That triumph came only after the buyers agreed to slightly sweeten their takeover bid in exchange for modifications to the voting rules that defeated heated opposition by Mr. Icahn and another investor, Southeastern Asset Management.
