Hardening Brazil s Soft Power

That perception led to the hardening of attitudes towards UNOCI among both Government and Forces nouvelles officials and their supporters.

There are some who say that the old bank is suffering from hardening of the arteries and of the heart.

It is blaming itself when it adopts extraterritorial laws against Cuba hardening the blockade even more and when it applies them so brutally.

So, in soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl like effect.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts

In particular, it was mentioned that new systems had recently been or were currently being developed to improve vehicle identification or intended for target hardening, including sophisticated tracking mechanisms.

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. Enough said?

While the communities directly affected by the report's conclusion have done their best to contain a difficult situation, national politics seem to have intruded and contributed to a hardening of positions as well as heightened tension.

Racist propaganda was responsible for such phenomena as the desecration of cemeteries and religious places, the hardening of immigration laws, the rise in numbers of refugees and increased encroachment on the lands of minority or indigenous communities.

For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

19. Situational crime prevention programmes should be developed, to include target hardening, environmental design and surveillance. These programmes should not unduly reduce the quality of the built environment or limit free access to the public domain or public facilities.

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

In the case of Iraq, the Transitional National Assembly has also been given the task of drafting a constitution in a security environment that remains extremely challenging and which can easily contribute to a hardening of attitudes on all sides.

President Mandela extended an invitation to Mobutu and Kabila, but only the latter attended (Mobutu sent an emissary). By that point, Kabila apos s position was gradually hardening he agreed to talk, but only about the resignation of Mobutu Sésé Séko

He had noted a hardening in the attitude of the Taliban towards the United Nations. He reported on the consultations held in conjunction with the Islamic summit meeting in Tehran and on the initiatives undertaken by several countries of the region, especially Pakistan.

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.

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As a result of China s hardening stance, Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN s outgoing secretary general has said that Asia is entering its most contentious period in recent years. Indeed, he warns that the South China Sea could evolve into another Palestine, unless countries try harder to defuse rather than inflame tensions.

For now, the north appears divided. 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.

PRINCETON 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. Syria s agony continues unabated sectarian attacks in Iraq are becoming more frequent and deadly the threads of Lebanon s fragile peace are fraying

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. To avoid this fate, the EU s commitment in Lebanon needs to be supplemented with a nuanced political strategy that seeks to avoid isolating Lebanon s long suppressed Shia population.

It is extremely regrettable that, despite all the efforts by Japan, the United States, the European Union and other interested countries, as well as those made by the United Nations, we have been witnessing a serious reversal in the process, due mainly, in Japan apos s view, to the hardening of positions in more recent months on the part of the parties concerned.

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. But, far from engaging in an open and positive self examination, they are too often retreating into a strident nationalism that is all the more defensive to the extent that it reflects a growing lack of self confidence.