Once stereotypical beliefs solidify into hard-core hatred, education and exposure can do little more than create a fragile crust of social sensitivity, mental health professionals say.
At that same time, Brafman noticed an uptick in subscription services like Birchbox and Stitch Fix that mail makeup, clothing and more on a monthly basis -- a development that solidified her belief in a growing demand for personalized shipping and mailer boxes.
That belief was solidified by his using the term "LGBTQ" and, in the context of pitting LGBTQ people against Muslims, saying at the very visible forum of the Republican National Convention (RNC), that he would protect LGBTQ people for a "hateful foreign ideology".
Their statements helped solidify a belief on Wall Street that the central bank was likely to resume large-scale purchases of Treasury securities after the Nov. 2 elections.
By June 1974, Applewhite and Nettles' beliefs had solidified into a basic outline.
The abuse by then had gone on for so long that, she said, she'd begun to think her mother had to have known — a suspicion that solidified into belief.
Along the way, the Giants beat the Packers in overtime for the National Football Conference championship, packing off Brett Favre into a snowy Green Bay night in a game that solidified the Packers' belief that it was time to move on without him.
Apparently out of a belief that "sex rehearsal" helps to solidify sexual identity, the famous doctor had Brenda get down on all fours and Brian come up behind and put his crotch against her buttocks; or Brenda would be made to lie on her back, legs spread, with Brian lying on top of her.
A Canby endorsement solidified a film's prospects.
Though the mass shooting in Orlando last month did not occur at a university campus, it solidified my belief that guns should not be allowed on a university campus.
The tea seller's belief was further solidified when he ran into Samadu a fortnight later.
