Word: hardens
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...ballot in a Votomatic machine, testifying firmly there was no way the normal use of a stylus (the tool used to punch chads) could affect the composition of the underlying rubber. This was an attempt to discredit Brace, who'd claimed that overuse can cause the rubber to harden and make it more difficult for voters to punch through chads correctly...
...David Boies leaned over to Zack and gently pushed his co-counsel back into his chair. On cross, Zack did get Grossman to admit he had no idea what sort of storage facility the voting machines had been placed in prior to their most recent usage. "Doesn't heat harden rubber, Mr. Grossman? Isn't it possible this urethane wasn't kept in the air-conditioning and it overheated, making it more difficult to use in a voting machine?" Zack demanded...
...take: reports that Jeb hadn't worked hard enough for George, that he resented George's relatively greater success and was worried that a George in the White House would almost certainly mean there would never be a Jeb there one day. Now those notions and rumors could harden into truths passed on from one stranger to another: Jeb had failed. He had sabotaged his brother's campaign. He couldn't deliver...
...take: reports that Jeb hadn't worked hard enough for George, that he resented George's relatively greater success and was worried that a George in the White House would almost certainly mean there would never be a Jeb in the White House. Now those notions and rumors could harden into truths passed on from one stranger to another: Jeb had failed. He had sabotaged his brother's campaign. He couldn't deliver...
...doubt over whether international diplomatic efforts will bring the current confrontation under control any time soon. The Israelis felt compelled to respond swiftly and brutally to the killing of two of their soldiers who?d been under the protection of Arafat?s police, but the air strikes will only harden Palestinian resolve and inflame militants in Arafat?s territories to raise the ante themselves. Midday prayers in the Palestinian mosques Friday are unlikely to pass peacefully...