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Had Clinton tried to send US troops, he would have encountered stiff resistance in Congress.
Consequently, the prospect of entry into the Union provided little incentive to countries for which meeting the stiff criteria was not yet on the cards.
Moreover, given the vast profits available under the current system, the struggle to bring about a significant energy transition faces stiff resistance from deeply entrenched vested interests.
Even the history of the circus is focused on such a pairing: the vain, dignified White Clown and Augustus the Fool, the humble loser who is kicked in the pants by his stiff, pompous partner.
Ultimately, the culprit was precisely identified as a defective O-ring that became too stiff at low temperatures and caused a leak.
A well-paid government official, the thinking goes, will be less likely to engage in corruption, particularly if high pay is complemented by stiff penalties for succumbing to temptation.
But the reforms have also faced stiff opposition.
The stiff economic headwinds that negotiators confronted six years ago have been replaced by a tailwind of opportunity.
These rice exporters, including the US, also maintain stiff import duties, thereby protecting domestic farmers from global competition.
Europe is the obvious choice, while Russia has little but stiff competition to offer.
They congratulated themselves on their stiff upper lips.
Predictably, the Senate’s bill encountered stiff resistance from the dominant rating agencies.
This is one reason why successful mitigation at the global level faces stiff headwinds.
Currently, however, Obama’s smart-power strategy is facing a stiff challenge from events in the Middle East.
Opposition from local residents remains stiff.
There are four components to an effective strategy for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program: real negotiations, rather than a leisurely meeting once every few weeks; stiff sanctions on Iran, but without today’s gaping loopholes; a credible threat of military action; and a face-saving exit for the Iranian leadership.
Such inhuman and degrading treatment, to say nothing of risk to life, warrants the deployment of the full force of the law in launching criminal investigations, bringing prosecutions, and meting out stiff punishments.
But, given the two countries’ direct and stiff competition in energy technology, taking advantage of this will require them also to find new ways to coalesce around joint goals for atmospheric stabilization, even as they seek to meet their own undeniable national needs.
But Britons admire a hero who can face adversity by doing nothing, while “keeping a stiff upper lip.”
Moreover, the more that wealth accumulation is viewed as "unfair" (i.e., the result of corruption and illegality), the more pressure for stiff taxation of "ill-gotten gains" will mount.
Russian troops have occupied Crimea, and European and American leaders are threatening to impose stiff sanctions on Russia if it does not respect Ukraine’s sovereignty.
By imposing a stiff tax on energy consumption, Europeans would reduce both consumption of energy and its price in world markets, in turn cutting the flow of funds to Russia and Iran.
Had Clinton tried to send American troops, he would have encountered stiff resistance in the US Congress.
Congressional action in America was the last act of a long drama, and it cleared the way for US companies to bid for Indian nuclear contracts, an area in which they will face stiff competition from France and Russia.
Indeed, the Chinese have coined their own stiff foreign-policy jargon for this sentiment: fanxifang xin ganshe zhuyi (loosely translated, “countering Western neo-interventionism”).
It has played this role with Italy and Spain, but it has met stiff opposition internally and may capitulate soon.
Indeed, the official figures were so unreliable that Eurostat felt forced to express “reservation on the data reported by Greece due to significant uncertainties over the figures notified by the Greek statistical authorities” – a stiff rebuke in bureaucratic language.
China’s economic growth is likely to continue to face stiff headwinds this year as well, at least when compared to previous decades.
One thing is certain: enlargement has confronted Western Europe with extremely stiff wage competition.
And, with some of the measures bound to face stiff opposition by powerful interest groups, the reforms are set to be a major test of Medvedev’s real strength – and of his plans to run for another term as president.
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