From my vantage point I saw the struggle of my party against reactionary elements.
And to this day I'm not certain it wasn't sabotaged by reactionary elements among the natives.
This led to major dissatisfaction among many politically important groups, and provided opportunities for reactionary elements in the state.
The coup of 1851 alienated the reactionary and careerist elements in the Assembly.
"There are certain reactionary elements here who aren't going to take kindly to their presence."
He was much opposed to the democratizing tendencies of the time, though still repelled by the reactionary elements.
During the Franco era, the police had been regarded as a reactionary element, associated in the public mind with internal surveillance and political repression.
Every reactionary element is lined up to fight us.
The answer is that the reactionary elements know the importance of victory or defeat in Iraq.
The reactionary elements were trying to de-rail both reconstruction and democracy by violence.