When troops have entered the area in the past they have encountered stiff resistance.
Immediately after the deal was proposed it met stiff resistance from regulators and seemed destined to fail.
However, this will face stiff resistance in Congress unless substantial concessions are made in other wealthy countries.
British Royal Marines have met stiff resistance during attempts to secure the vital Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.
But, the idea of abandoning nuclear power faces stiff resistance in a country so reliant on imported energy sources.
However, after four such bailouts of beleaguered EU economies, Anastasiades encountered some stiff resistance on the other side of the table.
But the government faces an uphill battle to force the changes through Parliament with the prospect of stiff resistance from peers.
But it met stiff resistance from other members of Congress who didn't like the idea of personal accountability for institutional dysfunction.
Already, ski areas are eying expansion into higher undeveloped areas in the Alps, which is meeting stiff resistance from environmental groups.
In the U.S., it faces stiff resistance from lawmakers who see ZTE and its rival Huawei Technologies as a security threat.
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Alukkas opened his second store in Sharjah in 1992, despite stiff resistance from his brothers, who turned nervous after the first Gulf war.
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But rebel efforts to gain ground in and around major cities including Damascus have been met by stiff resistance and increasingly destructive air strikes.
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An earlier drive to seize the city, also scheduled to take several days, ran into trouble over New Year when troops encountered stiff resistance from entrenched rebels.
The Taliban forces who continue to fight have access to mortars and machine guns and are putting up stiff resistance from inside one building, the soldiers said.
The need for such rules has also long been debated, but the central government has delayed taking action in the face of stiff resistance from local governments.
This area marked stiff resistance ahead of the stock's long descent toward the single-digit range, and could now provide a springboard of support for an extended rally.
HILLAH, Iraq (CNN) -- American troops met stiff resistance Tuesday morning from Iraqi paramilitary forces for control of an agricultural complex on the outskirts of the central town of Hillah.
Even if they are effective, vaccines may face stiff resistance from parents who are urged to let their 11-year-old daughter or son get a shot against a sexually transmitted disease.
Ms. Schapiro, joined by Federal Reserve and Treasury Department officials, repeatedly has warned that additional reforms are needed, despite hesitation from some SEC commissioners and stiff resistance from the money-fund industry.
Correspondents say officials are having difficulty finding governments willing to accept the remaining detainees, while at home they face stiff resistance to the idea of Guantanamo detainees on being transferred to US soil.
In addition, they said, the president urged Obama to help push through the free trade pact with Colombia, a key legacy item for the outgoing administration that is facing stiff resistance from Democrats on Capitol Hill.
But in the short run his decision to invite Rwandan soldiers into Congo has met stiff resistance from enemies and allies alike, who remember that Rwanda has invaded Congo twice in recent memory, both times to terrible effect.
Even if they are effective, vaccines may face stiff resistance from parents who are urged to let their 11-year-old daughter get a shot against a sexually transmitted disease or told that their son needs one for a disease that is likely never to harm him.
Expect some fairly stiff resistance.
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And after watching his cap and trade proposal fall flat in the Senate, his health care bill lose support in both chambers, his tax proposals meet stiff resistance from the business community and key centrist Democrats, and his financial service reform proposals go nowhere, he risks getting nothing that he wants.
In 1942, the German army began its all-out attack on Stalingrad against stiff Soviet resistance.
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