Word: stiffening
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...last year, when the Louisiana legislature attempted to stiffen penalties against alcohol vendors who sell to minors, the Louisiana Supreme Court quickly moved to reverse its decision...
Left to fend for themselves and hampered by the temporary absence of their relentless military commander Ratko Mladic, who was in the hospital reportedly being treated for gallstones, it was not until late in the week that the Bosnian Serb forces finally appeared to stiffen their defenses along a wide arc surrounding Banja Luka. By that time, however, the Croat-Muslim attack had already touched off an exodus of more than 85,000 Bosnian Serb refugees. Many, like Branko Japundja, 50, a wounded Serb farmer who left the hospital where he was recuperating and walked all night to escort...
...built into the cars they assemble in America. That is exactly the sort of arrangement the White House insists it will no longer accept. And if it does swallow some minor compromise out of fear of the very real disasters of a true trade war, that may only stiffen its resolve to hang tougher next time around...
...moment the invasion began on Dec. 11, it violated just about every rule of modern warfare. The slow-motion operation gave the rebels plenty of time to organize and arm. A barrage of air strikes failed to do anything but stiffen resistance. Once the fight was joined, the Chechens made hash of the raw Russian troops, ill-trained and unprepared, who fought poorly and used tactics any military academy cadet would be expected to avoid. Grachev had remarked recently that only an "incompetent commander" would order tanks into the streets of central Grozny, where they would be vulnerable to rocket...
...attack. After trudging along with its opponent for three-fourths of a game on the strength of a pesky defense and decent transition game, the team will suddenly come to an abrupt stop. Its eyes will get big. Its heart will pound. Its nostrils will flair. Its neck will stiffen. And then: thunk...