But now that the market is getting soft, the attitude has changed, the Santa Barbara News Press reports.
Joe Theismann, the former quarterback, whose career was ended by perhaps the most famous "catastrophic" tackle of all time, told the Times, "If you really watch the hits up close, you would not say the game is getting soft".
Although officers are sensitive to criticism that air-conditioned toilets and Internet rooms mean that the Army is getting soft, they also contend that for many American soldiers in support jobs here, they do not have to live in third world conditions to keep the helicopters flying.
The stiffness of the material is getting soft with the increasing nonlocal parameter in the fully simply supported, fully clamped and simply supported-clamped boundary conditions.
Ceiling heights are raised when possible, and window treatments are getting softer and more minimal.
More recent figures, from weak retail sales to soggy consumer confidence, suggest this "soft patch" may be getting softer by the day.
"I think when I'm 73 I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth," said Mr. Pullman, who is a ripe old 47. "But Edward's just getting better".
The shots were getting softer, as a result of a software bug, according to the company.
This nebulously defined turf includes sports cars, sedans, SUVs and coupes pretty much everything but pickups, although these, too, now that they're getting softer suspensions and swankier interiors, are edging into the group.
When the chickpeas are getting softer in the cooking pot, take out two big spoons and let it cool.
