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There's subclinical atherosclerosis, subclinical hardening of the arteries, obviously linked to heart attacks, potentially.
When water gets added to this mix, the cement forms a paste and coats the aggregates, quickly hardening through a chemical reaction called hydration.
This reflects a hardening of South Korean public opinion, following North Korea’s nuclear test in 2006.
Hardening Brazil’s Soft PowerBRASILIA – It is, perhaps, a truism for Brazil’s citizens that their country is and always will be a peaceful one.
So, with China hardening its multiple sovereignty claims throughout the South and East China Seas, can any mechanism be found to resolve these conflicts peacefully?
Of course, we now know that a diet of bully beef is likely to result in hardening of the arteries, whereas the vegetable-centered Mediterranean diet is much better for human health.
The Middle East’s Arc of ProsperityPRINCETON – As Egypt trembles on the brink of civil war, with alarming levels of violence and hardening divisions on all sides, it is hard to find a truly bright spot anywhere in the Middle East or North Africa.
But the alternative is not just the hardening of divisions and estrangement of communities; it is widespread dehumanization, a tendency that current technologies seem to encourage.
The jury is still out, but judging from previous historical examples, serious challenges to authoritarian or semi-authoritarian leaders usually lead to a hardening of the regime, not greater moderation.
And, for all their reluctance, they may well end up aligned with the US, for two reasons: a hardening of the rivalry with the US would drive the Chinese leadership further from Western values, and they ultimately depend on the US for their own security.
Indeed, better understanding of China’s foreign policy motivations may help prevent relations between China and the United States from hardening into rigid and antagonistic postures.
Any hardening of the frontier would jeopardize the fragile peace secured by the Good Friday Agreement.
At the same time, it increases energy dependence and economic reliance on Russia, hardening Ukraine into a one-dimensional – Russia-leaning – foreign policy.
But the Union could see its reputation worsen if it allows its commitment to Lebanon to become part of the emerging US strategy of isolating Iran by hardening today’s regional Sunni-Shia divisions.
The supposed hardening of the debt ceiling in 2012 adhered to this model.
It is a familiar mantra, and among industrialists the mood now seems to be hardening that it is not enough.
But a hardening of the mood there, and a brokered armistice between its disenchanted youth and older but vastly more experienced political war horses, will not only present PRONACO with a formidable opponent, but could throw West Africa into turmoil if matters degenerate into a frontal clash.
Instead, he will try to regain his power, both in Venezuela and the region, and most likely by upping the ante – that is, hardening his rhetoric and policies so that his followers’ unity is not splintered by his defeat.
A perceptible hardening of China’s stance toward India since then is also reflected in other developments, including Chinese strategic projects and the country’s military presence in the Pakistani-held portion of Kashmir, a region where the disputed borders of India, China, and Pakistan converge.
Even as the proliferation of armed groups makes borders more porous to conflict, it is hardening them against trade.
But vast bloodlines have not prevented hardening of the arteries.
Last December’s attacks on the presidential palace and FJP offices, including their headquarters in Cairo, intensified this hardening.
And, with their country’s economic growth faltering, its government hardening, and its diplomatic performance a source of growing disappointment, many Turks now openly wonder what happened.
By immediately declaring China a currency manipulator, the US succeeded only in hardening positions on both sides.
Even absent war, the hardening of China’s political regime, amid credible allegations of myriad human-rights abuses, raises difficult questions for the West.
The rally in equity prices this past August coincided with a hardening of Biden’s polling lead, suggesting that markets are not nervous about a Biden presidency, or about the prospects of a Democratic sweep of Congress.
This is why there have been sustained crackdowns in Tibet and Xinjiang under his rule, as well as a consistent hardening of policy toward Taiwan.
Since taking office, Trump has consistently shunned multilateralism and pursued a divisive domestic agenda that is contributing to a further hardening of partisan attitudes in the United States.
Increasingly harsh warnings against Hong Kong’s protesters point not just to a hardening of positions, but also to the ascendance of figures in the Chinese government who favor asserting total control over the territory.
"I have," returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, "I have heard it all.