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Wasps rugby director Ian McGeechan and coach Shaun Edwards were among those to hit out at Ashton over his hard-line stance.
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Vicki Brackett, who runs Make It Happen for Women, a firm in Denver that professes to do "job search makeovers, " takes a hard-line stance.
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The Federal Aviation Administration may be shifting its hard-line stance on the use of personal electronics to allow for a reexamination of the science at work, according to the New York Times.
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Tancredo's hard-line stance on immigration has become a core theme of his campaign.
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SDLP, deserves much of the credit for getting the Good Friday Agreement signed, but his party has been overtaken by Sinn Fein, whose links to violence and hard-line stance against unionism appealed to those who suspected the moderates of selling out.
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Reports have suggested Cole and his representatives have angered Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich with their hard-line stance over wages during contract negotiations.
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Referees are a different story as the NFL has taken a hard line Machiavellian-like stance under the false pretenses that quality would remain with replacements.
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In the Jerusalem speech, Romney defended a hard-line stance on Iran as a deterrent to war, rather than a desire to start one.
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But he will also need to overcome tensions he helped foster with his hard-line stance on immigration and his inflammatory words as interior minister, when, for example, he promised to clean out a crime-ridden housing project with an industrial power hose.
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You will get nowhere if you take a hard-line stance all the time.
如果你一直采取强硬的立场，你就无法取得进展。
The United States has taken a lot of criticism for its hard-line stance.
美国因其强硬立场遭到众多批评。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Some U.S. leaders say the hard-line stance has clearly failed to achieve the goal.
一些美国领导人说，这个强硬立场明显未能实现预期的目标。
Some U. S. leaders say the hard-line stance has clearly failed to achieve the goal.
一些美国领导人说，这个强硬立场明显未能实现预期的目标。
Microsoft has adopted a hard-line stance against counterfeiting.
微软对打击盗版采取了强硬的立场。