One factor that bolstered the active opposition was a deep and longstanding resentment that many consumers have against Lilco.

For many Azerbaijanis, the Nagorno-Karabakh campaign stirred longstanding resentments that underlay generally peaceful coexistence.

As a result, longstanding resentment of Buenos Aires has intensified, and political autonomy, regional integration and even secession are now being openly discussed as solutions.

Amid the gains, longstanding resentments against "Big Oil" are resurfacing that could end up imposing some additional burdens on the industry.

Many of the dismissed staff were from Bahrain's Shia minority, who have a longstanding resentment over discrimination in the country by the Sunni majority.

Prosecutors have argued that the attack, which Mr. Goldstein carried out on Jan. 3, his mother's birthday, was the culmination of his longstanding resentment of women.

The comment reflected the longstanding resentment that occasionally erupts into fighting between the guerrilla factions based in Pakistan and Mr. Hekmatyar.

Both Romania and what is now Slovakia harbor longstanding resentments stemming from centuries as "subject peoples."

But it did not end longstanding resentments, and after a black majority was elected to the board for the first time last fall, the gloves are off.

Some deputies charged that Communist Party regulars, eager to prevent election of lawmakers who would not follow the party line, had deliberately stirred longstanding provincial resentments against Moscow.