In between soft and hard, of course, lies a range of landings of various degrees of bumpiness.
The Reef could win on soft and hard ground, which Dancing Brave, Brigadier Gerard or Nijinsky did not prove.
Pirelli said it had taken a conservative approach to tyre choices this weekend by bringing the soft and hard compounds.
China is now disrupting global commodities markets, influencing the price of gold, and affecting pricing for many soft and hard goods producers around the world.
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As a "combatant command plus, " one that mixes soft and hard power and thus military and civilian personnel, AFRICOM will be a hybrid giant staffed by an interagency personnel kaleidoscope.
The only question now is whether we will see a soft or a hard landing.
When they are very, very small, materials, such as copper, that are soft can become hard.
Second, history shows that soft landings are hard to pull off.
In this soft economy, hard luxury has thrived.
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Hard or soft, commodities have fuelled desire, greed and war since the days of Pharaoh.
And then there's glass and hard and soft plastics, and paper, and card and tin foil.
The second was a tension between science and the humanities, or between hard and soft subjects.
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Economists Richard Murnane and Frank Levy argue that the new basics include both hard and soft skills.
The country bans possession and consumption of both hard and soft drugs, except for limited medical purposes.
Coral reef: complex tropical marine ecosystem dominated by soft and stony (hard) corals, anemones and sea fans.
The pleated skirt was made from panels of leather and lace, treading the line between hard and soft.
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But Ghosn believes the nation is headed "without any doubt" to a soft, rather than hard, landing thanks to domestic growth.
"The real issue is whether we have a hard or soft landing, " says Hugh Johnson, chairman of money manager Johnson Illington Advisors.
The current act fails to distinguish sufficiently between hard and soft drugs.
All those pledges to remember, next time you check into a hotel, whether you like a soft pillow or a hard one: they have an impact.
In a sudden about-turn, Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, refused to promulgate a bill that would have legalised the possession of small quantities of drugs, both hard and soft.
This may help to explain the success of Silicon Valley, one of the last workplaces in America where hard and soft drinks still jostle for space in the company fridge.
After all, the landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade, and the chair role is a legitimate job, requiring both hard and soft skills, as well as increasing amounts of time.
These institutions are engaging with external partners to identify the hard and soft skills needed by graduates to succeed in entrepreneurial endeavors, and finding ways to integrate that skill development into the academic curriculum.
Consultants also shall provide full disclosure of any payments they receive from money managers, in hard or soft dollars, for any services they provide, including but not limited to, performance measurement, business consulting and education.
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Advertising history is filled with alternating bursts of hard and soft selling over the years, points out industry author James Twitchell, with the current trend coming on the heels of several years of softer messages focused on entertainment.
The advice I would give to women is the same I would give to men, and that is to think very carefully about what hard and soft skills you offer to a prospective employer and be able to articulate those skills.
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