41.   That proposal was dropped after fierce resistance from preservationists.

42.   The day that U.S. GIs reach Argentan, the Canadians are eight miles north of Falaise, advancing slowly against fierce German resistance.

43.   The helicopter raid came after the police said they had tried to serve an arrest warrant on a MOVE member and met fierce resistance.

44.   The start of any construction in Ras al-Amud would unquestionably provoke fierce resistance, since the plot owned by Moskowitz is tightly ringed by Arab houses.

45.   There was fierce resistance to a redistribution of the pain.

46.   There were scattered exchanges of fire as troops took control of the densely populated downtown area, or casbah, after several days of fierce resistance by Palestinian gunmen.

47.   They have met fierce resistance on Capitol Hill before, and proponents concede the effort will not be any less difficult this year.

48.   Previous attempts by the cash-strapped Congo government to reduce spending on the bureaucracy have been met by fierce resistance.

49.   A fierce fighting has raged for weeks in Kaksar, where soldiers have faced fierce resistance.