Resistance remains stiff in many quarters against new technologies despite being cheaper, more empowering, and likely to produce hard dollar benefits.
It might be a little stiff in the morning but only because I have not bowled at that pace for a while.
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It's normal that the back tends to get stiff in the grass-court season but it's just not nice when it doesn't go away and you can't play freely.
Beat the egg whites until stiff in a separate bowl.
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The 54-year-old Swede is tipping Nadal to edge out Tomas Berdych in Sunday's final but is pleased to see that competition is stiff in the upper echelons of the men's game.
The situation was more grave for value-based retailers such as Aeropostale as it was facing a double-whammy on its margins, first from the increase in production costs due to rising cotton prices and second from the increase in promotions due to stiff competition in challenging retail environment.
Earlier this week, delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham passed a motion calling on their MPs to oppose the "arbitrary" time limit, contained in the Welfare Bill, and the plans are likely to face stiff opposition in the Lords.
In the women's singles Svetlana Kuznetsova is the defending champion but faces stiff competition in the face of the Williams sisters, as well as four-time French Open champion Justine Henin, who is competing for the first time since coming out of retirement.
The company said that it was bracing itself for "increasingly stiff competition in a challenging market environment".
However, this will face stiff resistance in Congress unless substantial concessions are made in other wealthy countries.
But, the idea of abandoning nuclear power faces stiff resistance in a country so reliant on imported energy sources.
Mr Obama has already acknowledged his proposals will face stiff opposition in Congress.
But he acknowledged his legislative push would encounter stiff opposition in Congress.
The swift, stiff brushwork in Manet's "The Parisienne" (1875) makes one think of blue-black feathers, the iridescent wings of a grackle.
Of course Vanguard and Fidelity will face stiff competition in this market.
But that doesn't always make it a smart investment, particularly when the stiff fees in some products, such as variable annuities, are considered.
With Leinster playing against a stiff breeze in the first half the hosts were always going to keep the ball in hand where possible.
The Lib Dems will face particularly stiff challenges in Cardiff and Swansea as Labour tries to wrestle back control of the cities' local councils.
But Lazarus is going to face some stiff competition in Switzerland.
Lastly, blundering and bloat have imposed a stiff cost in morale.
Portugal offered stiff opposition in round one of group (of death play) before a header with less than 20 minutes remaining from Mario Gomez decided the game.
However, stiff competition in the mobile device market has lead to a much more protective stance by many companies over their patents in order to generate revenues.
Henry Blodget of Business Insider wrote that Facebook would face stiff competition in the hardware business, an area where it has no experience and where profit margins are historically low.
Ireland face stiff competition in England, India, South Africa and the West Indies in Group B but Wilson, who has one century and four fifties from 25 one-day internationals, says their first two targets in the group are clear.
The deals are yet another sign of the stiff competition in the credit-card industry at a time when consumers are more cautious about spending, says John Grund, a partner at First Annapolis Consulting, an advisory firm focusing on the electronic-payments industry.
Aided by a stiff breeze in the first half, Leinster's initial tactic was to run the ball at every opportunity against the French Championship leaders and Gordon D'Arcy's break into the Racing 22 set up a simple penalty for Isa Nacewa in the fifth minute.
But Aventis will continue to face stiff competition in the diabetes market from major players such as Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ), which has an impressive portfolio of insulins, and Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ), which makes many of the pills that are used in treating adult diabetes.
He was stiff from lying in bed day and night, yet tired all the time.
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