The results indicate that partially cut-out blanks lead to slightly more accurate forming than conventional blanks when unsupported, but that the accuracy improvement is less than that which is achieved by use of a stiff cut-out supporting plate.
No florid rhetoric was flaunted for this pressing bit of protocol, but the stiff, cut-and-dried language of censure: "Resolved, that, one, Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York be censured," and so forth.
The leaders of the so-called troika of foreign lenders supporting Greece — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — have demanded stiff cuts in Greek public spending, payrolls and pensions as a condition for advancing the money that Greece needs to avoid defaulting on its debts, run up during years of budget deficits.
Knowledge scores were low partly because of the stiff cut-off points suggested for the category 'adequate knowledge'.
The UK wants Europe to toughen its commitment on cutting carbon, from a goal of reductions of 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels, to a far stiffer cut of 30% by the same date.
Somehow CEOs can always find a way to layoff working stiffs, cut the pay of craftsmen who actually manufacture something for a living or eliminate promised benefits like pensions.
Mr. Kimmel softened stiff denim, cut jackets closer to the body and added form to function in a denim blazer.
For refiners, though, it was a very painful period, as overcapacity and stiff competition cut profits, making last year the worst for the industry in more than a decade, analysts say.
The best thing here is to stitch a spare shirt button to the edge of one of the buttonholes and then you can use it like a normal cuff. 5. Collar The collar will be big and stiff, so cut it off along the collar stand (as marked on the shirt online), then stitch along the edge to stop it fraying.
That would require Rutte to dilute his pledges of stiff spending cuts and welfare reforms.
Repeal of the 1993 tax hike would move in the opposite direction, eventually forcing Congress to tackle the deficits with stiff benefit cuts and tax hikes.
