Despite some concerted efforts, restrictions and bans were largely ignored. Despite many concerted efforts, restrictions and bans were almost universally ignored. The drink's anonymity outside Canada has continued in spite of concerted marketing efforts. But there was nothing prudish about their concerted opposition to civil rights abuses. Reforms occurred slowly and only after concerted activism by African Americans. Students have to defend their proposals against concerted and merciless attacks. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. Appelbaum has denounced the allegations as part of a concerted strategy to damage his reputation. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign. A feature of his scores is the sustained writing for concerted voices. In November 2012, Highland Companies withdrew the application in response to that concerted community opposition. All of this smacked of a concerted campaign against Armstrong. The RTLE reaction proceeds in a concerted manner. The divisions within OPEC made concerted action more difficult. The two major perspectives on primate brain evolution are the concerted and mosaic approaches.