And out of it emerged a battle-hardened breed of Muslim fanatic, the Afghanis, who are now blamed for most of the acts of international terrorism carried out against Americans.
Even a hardened Oakland Raiders supporter — from that breed of fans whom Hunter S. Thompson once called a superlatively sleazy, rude and sinister "mob of thugs and wackos" — was memorialized with an arrangement of 300 silk roses, hand painted silver and black.
Advanced, which says it has a $220 million backlog of orders for 182 of its new Jetcruzer corporate aircraft, exemplifies a new breed of aerospace manufacturers, hardened by bitter experience, that has emerged from the devastating downturn in Southern California aerospace.
That means stronger sea walls, natural barriers, hardened power grids, hardened water systems, hardened fuel supplies".
MAGUARICHIC, Mexico — In these mountains, where conquistadors once gouged gold from open veins in the mountainside, the hardened gold miner of film lore is giving way to a new breed of prospector: geologists and engineers, armed with sophisticated equipment and millions of investor dollars.
"I got hardened," he said.
Hardened beyond their years?
