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 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.
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.
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.
Spain's miners have become the most visible face of the opposition to the stiff budget cuts that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government has imposed on virtually every state-promoted activity in the country.
Stiff supply cuts imposed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries since January have added to the rally and fostered concern over rising energy costs in a fragile economic recovery.
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.
