More than anything else, this galvanized opposition to the voucher proposition that failed on the California ballot.

Syria has denied having any role in the murder, but the killing galvanized opposition to Damascus and led to huge street demonstrations that helped end Syria's 29-year military presence.

John Paul's visits to Poland became rallying points for both the faithful and galvanized opposition to the Soviet regime.

The Vilna Gaon, Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, galvanized opposition to Hasidic Judaism.

"The president's 'argument' for her amounts to: Trust me," George Will wrote in the op-ed column that last week galvanized conservative opposition to the nomination.

But the military's effort to reclaim the scholarship money seems to have galvanized additional opposition.

Their trial strategy of arguing that the two Chiefs were simply fighting a war for their people's survival attracted worldwide attention, and galvanized opposition to the entire process.

Reports of nepotism under the former president, Askar Akayev, galvanized opposition to his rule and led to his ouster.

The revolution began in the spring of 1910 when the presidential candidacy of Francisco Madero, a Coahuilan provincial elite landowner, industrialist, and banker, galvanized political opposition to Diaz.