91.   And this year, his last in office, he plans to begin a public bus system over fierce opposition from the powerful private bus companies.

92.   Both Yeltsin and Luzhkov face re-election Sunday, and the president faces fierce Communist opposition.

93.   But he will have to do it over the fierce opposition of the Communist Party, the largest bloc in the Duma.

94.   But sects have also met with fierce opposition from Orthodox believers in the wake of a series of religiously motivated suicides by youngsters.

95.   But their use has generated fierce political opposition because they are harvested from aborted fetuses and discarded embryos.

96.   But the ban faces fierce opposition from Communists and other hard-line lawmakers, who face elections this December.

97.   But that possibility engendered fierce opposition within the country, the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy party, and even his own Cabinet.

98.   But the plan drew fierce opposition from people who live near the affected crossings.

99.   But the referendum has drawn fierce opposition from leftist politicians and social activist groups.

100.   But there was fierce opposition.