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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Polling by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek showed 68 percent of Americans believed the federal government should adopt a more hard-line approach to immigration.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
More hard-line members of Netanyahu’s party have pushed the prime minister to enact policies opposed to Gallant’s stances.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
The likelihood of funding drying up U.S. largesse toward Ukraine has become an increasingly tough sell to U.S. lawmakers, with months of delays and objections from hard-line Republicans over a $61-billion aid package that was eventually passed in spring.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
His thirty-two-year hard-line dictatorship witnessed political assassinations and the violent suppression of human rights by his army.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
More hard-line members of Netanyahu’s party have pushed the prime minister to enact policies opposed to Gallant’s stances.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
The likelihood of funding drying up U.S. largesse toward Ukraine has become an increasingly tough sell to U.S. lawmakers, with months of delays and objections from hard-line Republicans over a $61-billion aid package that was eventually passed in spring.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
His thirty-two-year hard-line dictatorship witnessed political assassinations and the violent suppression of human rights by his army.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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