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hardline hard-line adjective tough, extreme, strict, definite, uncompromising, single-minded, inflexible, diehard, unyielding, intransigent, immoderate, undeviating They've taken a lot of criticism for their hard-line stance. Translations hardline hard-line [ˌhɑːrdˈlaɪn] adj [communist, republican, unionist] → pur(e) et dur(e); [policy, stance] → jusqu'au-boutiste, intransigeant(e) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hardline Communists are squaring off against a militant faction whose members advocate a more aggressive stance. However, he meeting (which was closed to the public) was marked by a sharp exchange between Bishop Robinson and a well-known, hardline conservative bishop, Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh and ended with the two of them sitting down together in a group with about 10 other bishops. Schwarzenegger has revamped Davis' hardline stance on paroles, pledged to reverse the no-win lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key-approach to crime reduction, put more emphasis on rehabilitation, and vowed to hold the line on state spending. |
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