Hardening Brazil s Soft Power

The first term on the right side, formula_7, is equal to the elastic part of the strain, while the second term, formula_8, accounts for the plastic part, the parameters formula_5 and formula_6 describing the hardening behavior of the material.

Strain

This reflects a hardening of South Korean public opinion, following North Korea s nuclear test in 2006.

This relationship, however, is not always without strain.

That perception led to the hardening of attitudes towards UNOCI among both Government and Forces nouvelles officials and their supporters.

Yet freedom of speech in the West is under strain.

The Russian strain of political messianism is pretty much exhausted.

As its power grows, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, a tendency reflected in its hardening stance toward India.

For example, additional letters may be added to indicate a strain.

Griffith concluded that the type II R had been transformed into the lethal III S strain by a transforming principle that was somehow part of the dead III S strain bacteria.

At the same time, it increases energy dependence and economic reliance on Russia, hardening Ukraine into a one dimensional Russia leaning foreign policy.

It is blaming itself when it adopts extraterritorial laws against Cuba hardening the blockade even more and when it applies them so brutally.

For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.

Prolonged periods of strain tend to weaken the fabric of institutional cooperation.

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

To what extent the EU can take this strain, only time will tell.

The immense response by central banks and finance ministries has eased the strain.

Under tremendous strain, Tymoshenko s government succeeded in keeping the budget deficit under control.

We realize that reporting can be a strain on already limited administrative resources.

Indeed, better understanding of China s foreign policy motivations may help prevent relations between China and the United States from hardening into rigid and antagonistic postures.

In January 2003, Anastacia decided to have her breasts reduced because of back strain.

One strain of HPAI A(H5N1) is spreading globally after first appearing in Asia.

So, in soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl like effect.

As a result of China s hardening stance, Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN s outgoing secretary general has said that Asia is entering its most contentious period in recent years.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts

BERLIN When placed under too much strain, chains tend to break at the weakest link.

And experts worry that the novel H1N1 virus could mutate into a more severe strain.

It is a strain to think that governments have the same motivations as private citizens.

Nor does the ECB have reason to be gratified with its strain of quantitative easing.

Many references to bird flu and H5N1 in the popular media refer to this strain.

For starters, the Sprague Dawley strain of rats that he used is naturally prone to tumors.

For example, a flu strain is a certain biological form of the influenza or flu virus.

But what is the matter with the unbelievers , that they strain their glances continuously towards them ,

But the system for protecting human rights at the international level is today under considerable strain.

The strain on Syria s neighbors is immense, and the conflict is inexorably seeping into the wider region.

A number of critical issues were placing a great strain on the fragile situation on the ground.

As the death toll in Syria increases, the International Community is running out of patience and hardening its tone against Syrian president Bashar Al Assad demanding for change and reforms.

But I am afraid that the problematic strain within Islam is not the province of a few extremists.

This strain further reduces the risk of having US troops stationed on the Korean side of China s border.

The syndrome may be due to anatomical variations in the muscle nerve relationship, or from overuse or strain.

To pay back the debt without strain, we need a booming economy. Talk of government spending cuts is premature.

This will put pressure on the rural economy and place more strain on areas already grappling with meagre resources.

This has increased demands for social and political rights and greater economic opportunity, placing authoritarian rule under growing strain.