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Now, of course, you can simply Google "is Santa real?" (778m results) and I have no doubt that many children have become hardened to the truth at a younger age than I did.
This is not a hardened star trotting out rote replies but a person speaking with feeling and abandon.
But every once in a while, I have a day where I watch patients be given holistic care which makes a real emotional dent in my hardened medical student heart and I realise that individual staff-patient interactions lie at the core of what makes the NHS worth keeping.
Jonathan Chait, in an analysis we neglected to link to earlier, blames the gap on the flood of advertising in swing states, which he reasons has made the electorate more hardened in their preferences and less prone to switch sides.
Sapphire is one of the hardest materials available and is used in the screens of high-end watches from makers such as Rolex and Omega Most smartwatches are covered with the same hardened glass as smartphone screens.
Even the most hardened shopper couldn't fail to be impressed by its gothic majesty, although it's a shame about the tannoyed music blaring around the square.
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Part of the motivation back then was to prove a point against supposedly superior, battle-hardened opponents from the south.
More surprisingly, for a decade before the ban, battle-hardened officials in the Home Office and Northern Ireland office, and senior mandarins in the Cabinet Office struggled to stop a ban.
According to those who have hired or worked alongside them, they are highly professional, skilled and battle-hardened by the South African border wars, in which they often fought alongside black comrades.
Chad's military is more formidable, with 20,000 soldiers battle-hardened by previous experience of combating insurgents.
Víctor Valdés made his full debut at Hull City but this was a first 90 minutes for more than a year due to serious injury and the manager may decide a more battle-hardened player is required.
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