2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/43776We show that the introduction of an additional, hard, singularity in soft forward amplitudes enables one to improve considerably the fits using a simple-pole structure for the soft pomeron.4 pages, contribution to "QCD 04", 11th International QCD Conference, 5-10th July 2004, Montpellier (France)High Energy Physics - PhenomenologySoft data and the hard pomerontext