1.   As Sonny Bono sensed, uncontrolled exposure would harden feelings.

2.   But some said their feelings had been hardened by more than a decade of grief, followed by what they see as official foot-dragging.

3.   Instead of promoting reconciliation, as the Vatican had hoped, the document has hardened feelings on both sides.

4.   No one wants to intensify the rhetoric and harden feelings.