Word: hardener
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...continual contact in Washington. Last week they lunched together, spoke two and three times daily by telephone. The two concentrated mainly on trying to frame a resolution for the U.N. Security Council that would not run into an immediate veto by nations sympathetic to either side and thus harden diplomatic positions. Kissinger and Dobrynin sought a cease-fire resolution that would also create machinery for direct negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The diplomats recognized, of course, that no such resolution would be effective until the combatants were ready for it. Kissinger was kept closely informed of Israeli attitudes...
...this softening of rhetoric is no indication that the Arabs have accepted Israel's right to exist as a nation. The right is a real one, it must be guaranteed; the Arabs must accept it. Their failure to do so will continue to harden Israel's position...
...Israeli position will harden as a direct consequence of the loss of blood," Safran said Monday and the Arab position is likely to toughen, too, in the wake of Israeli air strikes deep into Arab territory...
...victory is less than total, Safran reasoned, there will be a return to pre-war conditions, with each side toughening its negotiating stance. "The Israeli position will harden as a direct consequence of its loss in blood," he said...
...Chrissie tell it, she will not have to sacrifice her personal life for too long. She insists that she intends to quit the pro game in three to five years, get married and have two to four chil dren. "Too long a tennis career can ruin a girl and harden her," she says. "Ten nis isn't the most important thing in my life. It's so materialistic. Marriage and family are more important, and so is religion - and love. I'd rather be known for being a girl than for being a tennis player...