11.   Iran is a vehement opponent of Muslim countries improving ties with Israel, whose existence Tehran does not recognize.

12.   She was a vehement opponent of the U.S. intervention that returned him to power in October.

13.   The debate crossed party lines with lawmakers from New Jersey and Nevada, the two states with the longest histories of casino gambling, among its most vehement opponents.

14.   The militant Muslim groups also are vehement opponents of peace with Israel.

15.   The more vehement opponents are convinced the plan would lock-step the republic relentlessly back into the Stone Age.

16.   Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic met Wednesday with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, a vehement opponent of the NATO strikes.