Word: hardens
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...director will never change a call," Vastola says. "If you argue coolly, and sparingly, he may say to himself, 'maybe I did make a mistake.' Psychologically, he may give you a touch. If you bark at him too loudly and too often, that'll only harden his resolve to screw...
...past two decades, the union has struck one or another of the companies each time around; early speculation is that this year its prime target will be GM. Main demands will be for inflation protection and a shorter work week, but the liberal union's stance could harden if Carter moves to cut social spending...
Carter's threat to veto any bill that lowers the capital gains rate is widely thought to be a bluff, but if positions continue to harden, he may make good on his threat. That could be calamitous. Congress almost certainly will pass some sort of cut in capital gains, but vetoing the entire bill just for this would hurt the economy. On Jan. 1, taxpayers face some $6.6 billion in additional Social Security levies and the expiration of about $11.5 billion in temporary income tax cuts enacted during the Ford Administration. Unless the resulting tax increases are offset...
...Communist way in supporting countries abroad. I have an uneasy feeling that this may be the case. We give them the most modern arms, we emphasize the material to the exclusion of the spiritual and the Spartan life, and it may be that we soften them up rather than harden them up for the battle. On the other hand, the enemy emphasizes the Spartan life, not the material, emphasizes sacrifice and, of course, with the enormous Soviet technical help on missiles, guns, etc., they have a pretty good advantage...
...film, Violet is leaving New Orleans to start a normal life; the movie closes with a freeze frame of her face while she waits for a train north. Malle apparently believes this closeup resolves his story: he wants to show that Violet has already started to harden into a dull, defeated adult. But one look at Shields' face and we see that Malle is wrong. The fascinating secrets of this girl's childhood still lurk in her wide blue eyes, waiting to be unlocked. Far from being over, the movie Malle promised has yet to begin...