Sentence examples for taken a decisive stand from inspiring English sources

The Obama Administration has taken a decisive stand against Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070.

At the same time it could have a wider impact, allowing Brazil to take a decisive stand on human rights regionally and internationally.

Mr. Noda's popularity ratings are in the low 20s, hurt by his failure to break through the parliamentary gridlock, to stimulate the economy and, more recently, to take a decisive stand on Japan's nuclear energy policy.

BEN WALTZER -- This no-nonsense jazz pianist in the Ellington and Monk vein (who has occasionally written for Arts & Leisure) gets a big, ringing sound out of the extreme registers of the instrument; he also takes a decisive stand against the ultra-sensitive, lush-harmony tendency of so many young jazz composers.

As noted earlier, when Augustine writes of the soul's origin in the Retractationes near the end of his life, he still asserts the obscurity and difficulty of the issue, and he is clearly reluctant to take a decisive stand on it.

Kelly: "It should be noted that Reagan took a decisive stance against the platform in mid-2004".

Publisher Suite has taken a decisive step toward embracing user-driven mobile content.

In health care policy, the arc of history has taken a decisive turn toward human decency.

Gaining nine votes will force reluctant permanent members like the US to take a decisive decision.

But last week, at least for a brief time, it appeared to some that Komen was taking a newly decisive stand against human embryonic stem cells by pulling cancer research funds from organizations that also conduct research on the ES cells.

It was a rugged ritual, full of cabalistic exchanges, with each player taking a decisive role.