Some of the people we talk to say they are worried that things are going too quickly, that so-called 'hard-liners' will push back, or there could even be a military coup or something. ❋ Unknown (2011)
An Animist among a predominantly Christian Karen leadership in a majority Buddhist people, a Pwo Karen from the Delta among Sgaw Karen from the hills, a principled man with a pragmatic outlook able to chart a course between so-called 'hard-liners' and those wanting to engage the regime, he developed strong links with other ethnic nationals and Burma's democracy movement, and became a respected and articulate international spokesman. ❋ Benedict Rogers (2012)
Nettles, enjoying a "good-for-my-heart-and-soul" cup of green tea on an early October morn, acknowledges that this album might not be for hard-liners who only like the classics such as Johnny Cash, George Jones and Tammy Wynette. ❋ Michael Bialas (2010)
Experts said the concession to recognize elected village leaders in particular could be viewed by petitioners elsewhere as a reward for civil disobedience—and by Communist hard-liners as bowing to an isolated case. ❋ Brian Spegele (2011)
Last week, 50 assembly members wrote an open letter asking the hard-liners' preferred candidate, ailing cleric Ayatollah Mohamad Reza Mahdavi Kani, to accept the nomination. ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)
The hard-liners have been organizing protest marches to sensitive locations, such as the financial center and the royal offices, in a bid to put more pressure on the government. ❋ Alex Delmar-Morgan (2011)
Iran's hard-liners consolidated power after former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani stepped down from his post as head of the country's most powerful clerical committee. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The strategy has been interpreted as an attempt by the president, who favors an overhaul of immigration laws, to show hard-liners he is cracking down on illegal immigration. ❋ Miriam Jordan (2011)
*** World-Wide Iran hard-liners consolidated power after former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani stepped down as head of the country's powerful clerical committee. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"The hard-liners are one step closer to total control of the country," one person wrote on a Facebook page devoted to Iranian protests. ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)
Despite a successful peace process that has brought former Catholic and Protestant militants into government together, sectarian violence is stubbornly persistent in Northern Ireland, fueled by a mix of hard-liners opposed to power-sharing, high youth unemployment and sometimes sheer boredom. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Bahrain's Shiite opposition has been split between moderates wanting constitutional changes and hard-liners dedicated to unseating the monarchy. ❋ Angus McDowall (2011)
Mr. Rafsanjani's exit, analysts say, also grants hard-liners an open hand to name Iran's next supreme leader. ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)
Either way, the changes are coming so rapidly that some residents now say their biggest fear is that the opening will go too far—and trigger a backlash from hard-liners in the government who fear losing control. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"They hard-liners are saying we are the top and we don't care if we have a coalition—no more variety of opinions in the regime." ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)
I can say that the rumors that within the government, that within the cabinet there are different groups, that there is a conflict between reformers and hard-liners, is not true at all, there are only differences of opinion and views that they express to each other, and course they work through it together. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Some analysts believe there are sharp divisions within the government over how much freedom to grant activists, increasing the risk of a backlash from military hard-liners if the released prisoners become too critical of authority. ❋ Patrick Barta (2012)
A senior Iranian cleric and regime critic was ousted from his post, further consolidating hard-liners' power. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Over the past decade, aging hard-liners and a second generation of 50-somethings have wrestled for leadership of the Brotherhood. ❋ Unknown (2011)
