Since then, they have efficiently coordinated protests around the country with a tone of increasing defiance.
Aside from a nascent student movement, which has held protests of increasing defiance in recent weeks, the middle and upper classes seem largely resigned about the outcome of a referendum that is less about specific issues than Mr. Chávez's resilient support among the poor.
His lawyer said that by naming him the report had violated his human rights.The defiance increased concern about Mr Wahid's grip on power.
But the risk to Iran of continued defiance has increased.
And yet as the resort grew and commercial pressures increased, unrestricted development in defiance of Chappis's plan led to the bulldozing of much of the original station in favor of the large luxury hotels he'd rejected.
Research conducted by the Resolution Foundation, and endorsed by Willetts, shows that the importance of having a degree has increased over time, in defiance of the assumption that the more highly educated people there are, the less valuable their qualifications.
Nevertheless, there has been an increasing mood of defiance, especially as a Ukrainian army operation against the armed separatists resulted in multiple casualties.
The increased exodus coincided with new signs of defiance by Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with Russia Today, a government-run news service.
His defiance of the Franco regime, which increased after the bridge dispute, became so intense that he proved one of the most vociferous campaigners for the release political prisoners in the final years of the dictatorship.
He warned that Clinton was planning to broadly expand her powers if elected, in defiance of the Constitution, to grant increased "executive amnesty".
