As in other countries there was fierce protest from the tobacco industry and retailers associations.

Not even a movement to show that fitzAlan had heard her fierce protest.

"It shows that they may destroy the party, and we need to organize fierce protests against that."

But fierce protests have appeared online, where many active Internet users are interpreting the new regulations as an extension of the police state.

Earlier this year, the Giuliani administration had considered eliminating the agency entirely but abandoned that plan in the face of fierce protest.

The company's huge operation in Peru has generated fierce protests among peasants there.

The men were put to death over their fierce protests.

To balance the budget, he cut spending on health care, mass transit and education, over fierce protests.

But others see a return of the racial undertones that spawned fierce protests in the early 1970's.

The clearing of the forest started igniting fierce protests by environmentalists and others concerned.