When people get nervous, they change their normal presentation style, usually by stiffening up.
It is known that stiffening of the arteries can lead to heart disease and stroke.
With his foot stiffening up when he sits, Bryant came out for just 23 seconds.
Threats of this nature often end up stiffening the resolve of those on the receiving end.
The alliance's initial response to the stiffening of Serbia's terms was to harden its own position.
On its face, the notion of stiffening punishment when discrimination is involved may seem fair enough.
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For all the sinew-stiffening at home, international pressure remains the preferred means for bringing Pyongyang to order.
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Negotiations in Basel have slowed as Europeans fret that stiffening standards may slow lending and hinder economic recovery.
Throw in stiffening competition and higher costs, and by late April of 2014 Chobani was days away from running out of money.
But by 5 o'clock the lab was distorting, and his limbs were stiffening.
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For HTC, deepening a relationship with the world's largest social network could help it boost its popularity amid stiffening competition.
In the meantime, its belligerence is stiffening criticism in America's Congress, just as two important pieces of legislation are being considered.
The New York Stock Exchange , under heavy guard against possible terrorist attacks, announced a stiffening of its defences against the competition.
In this stiffening of resolve, some see the influence of Abu Dhabi.
President Bill Clinton fired off a resolve-stiffening letter to President Suleyman Demirel.
Poulter's early round of 70 saw him creep up the leaderboard as a stiffening breeze and bumpy greens kept the afternoon scoring in check.
For those who wander the city streets, though, the main effect of the stiffening competition will be more of the smartest bus shelters in history.
The accidents prompted the resignation of the city's buildings commissioner and fueled new safety measures, including hiring more inspectors, stiffening testing and licensing requirements and expanding inspection checklists.
Meanwhile, talk of a diesel-powered new Jeep Wrangler shows one path that Chrysler may be taking to gain the compliance it still needs with stiffening federal fuel-economy requirements.
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The White House, in turn, may be stiffening its strategy.
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In his view, and that of other Turkish citizens who work for historical justice, pressure from Congress could make the truth more elusive by stiffening the backs of nationalists.
Rigor mortis, a stiffening of the limbs of a corpse, begins around three hours after death, peaks at around 12 hours and is completely dissipated some two days later.
In government, however, the only sure way to break that power up is by promoting competition, removing remaining barriers to trade and foreign investment, and stiffening antitrust laws and their enforcement.
Last week some Republicans who had been wavering on what to do about the President began stiffening their positions in favor of impeachment after conversations with DeLay or one of his lieutenants.
Hits like this which literally churn the stomach are the bane of the NFL. When the Ravens Bernard Pollard hit Ridley, the latter literally went blank, with some gruesome limb-stiffening thrown in for good measure.
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Rejection of this treaty may improve future treaties by stiffening the spines of U.S. negotiators, who will know that there are things the Senate will not swallow just because they bear the label arms control.
But if Mr Rutelli can succeed in stiffening the government's deregulatory resolve, he will have helped to affirm a principle his rival ought heartily to endorse: that a dose of competition is good for everyone.
This news confounds the narrative about coal that has started to take hold in the U.S. The story goes that coal, nudged toward extinction by a glut of cheap, domestic natural gas and stiffening regulations, will begin to disappear as a fuel source and cause emissions of global-warming gases to decline.
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They see this as their way of holding on to subscribers in the face of stiffening competition from SBC and Verizon, who are already bundling together DSL, wireline, and wireless (it works the other way, too: SBC has been making a lot of noise about getting into IP TV lately).
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