Earlier this year, an official close to Mr. Samaras, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mr. Samaras was trying to demonstrate that the government will be willing to move forcefully against other groups — including militant trade unions that might stand in the way of his efforts to carry out painful economic reforms.
But the crackdown is necessary, the official said, to demonstrate that the government will be willing to move forcefully against other groups — including militant trade unions that might stand in the way of Mr. Samaras's efforts to carry out painful economic reforms and unpopular plans to privatize state assets to meet to demands by Greece's lenders.
But in hindsight, some said he should have repudiated Bob Jones's policies in his speech, or moved forcefully within a day or two to put out a letter like the one he sent to Cardinal O'Connor.
Russia has since moved forcefully to the center of the international diplomacy, sidelining the United States and its European and Persian Gulf Arab allies while reaching out to Turkey and Iran, the two nations with the most influence on the ground in Syria.
China has moved forcefully to secure oil and other commodities in South America over the past decade.
Google has already moved forcefully into Facebook's home turf of social networking with Google Plus.
As Hale, William Leach moves forcefully from good intentions to acts of rebellion.
The campaign moved forcefully to rebut the notion that Mrs. Clinton was giving up a state.
She is clearly aware of the threat to her re-election and has moved forcefully to deal with it.
And it means moving forcefully against criminal networks, whose global role has been under scrutiny by the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.
PARIS — After a first round of costly bank bailouts and stimulus programs came up short, governments in Europe and the United States are moving more forcefully to assure that bailed-out banks lend more money to offset the recession that has engulfed both continents.
