Sentence examples for further hardening from inspiring English sources

The result of its blockade on Gaza is that an opinion poll in February showed the Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, beating the Fatah chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, for the presidency for the first time ever.Palestinian deaths since the start of the second intifada stand at over 4,700 and rising, while hundreds of thousands have been impoverished, further hardening attitudes towards Israel.

Mr Cason had met dissidents across the country, publicly backing them while attacking the regime, and allowed them to use the United States' Interests Section and his own residence for their meetings.According to Mr Cason, the Bush administration will now consider further hardening its policy towards Cuba.

An additional 5 to 10 minutes allows for further hardening.

And, in fact, it may exacerbate the growing schism between progressives and conservatives, further hardening already stark divisions.

"We took a variety of aggressive measures against the threat to protect our business and our customers, including further hardening of our I.T. infrastructure," Mr. Coviello said.

But the administration's move appeared to signal a further hardening of relations with Cuba by effectively shutting down one of its few avenues for regular communication with the Marxist government.

This background is further hardened by Mr. Putin's direct involvement with the K.G.B.

But scores of police casualties have further hardened the security forces' attitude.

History suggests both will further harden their policies in the name of humanity, arguing discouragement will help prevent further tragedies.

When Borukhova brought Michelle to Hymowitz's office in mid-October, the encounter further hardened Hymowitz against Borukhova.

This clash with the judiciary continued to the end of his Presidency, and, since then, the violence had further hardened everybody involved.