1.   He will stiffen their resistance to cuts in welfare.

2.   It also stiffened his intransigence toward his internal critics, and in turn stiffened their resistance to him.

3.   But the support from abroad appears only to have stiffened resistance.

4.   I am also guessing that the baseball players watched Lurie perform, and that was enough to stiffen their resistance to the salary cap.

5.   If so, it is a badly misconceived tactic sure to stiffen Congressional resistance to paying for more fuel.

6.   Postwar analysts have argued that the indiscriminate bombing favored by Harris actually stiffened German resistance, thereby lengthening the war.

7.   Until recently, bank officials had only stiffened their resistance at each new call for cheaper money.

8.   But the guerrillas stiffened their resistance later in the day, before withdrawing south toward the city, the military said in a prepared statement.

9.   It also could stiffen their resistance, however.