Word: stiffeners
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...timing of the bombing tends to confirm that Mujib's trial will further stiffen Bengali resistance to the occupying West Pakistani army. If there are any chances of a political settlement -and they seem almost nonexistent-imposition of the death penalty could dash them...
...worked independently of each other, but their conclusions were the same. An interagency task force headed by Assistant to the Under Secretary of State William H. Sullivan predicted that North Viet Nam would be able to withstand an aerial attack, and rather than breaking national morale, the bombing would stiffen North Vietnamese resistance...
According to some specialists, a resumption of the bombing could be to the political benefit of North Vietnam as it would stiffen the siege mentality of North Vietnam's people and increase world and U. S. pressure on President Nixon to meet Hanoi's terms for ending...
...expressed his approval of the ruling last night, saying it was about time the universities were forced to "stiffen their spines against the onslaught of those who would try to coerce the university to their wills...
...call Ford "Henry"; no employee dares to. lacocca, a highly aggressive and voluble man, seems to have the lead now. He is one of the few executives who will tell Ford when he thinks the chairman is wrong. Even so, visitors to lacocca's office have seen him stiffen when Ford telephones, lacocca's end of the conversation: "Yes, sir; yes, sir; yes, Mr. Ford...