11.   Rather, it is a basic commitment that tests the resolve of world leaders far more sternly than their ability to conduct war.

12.   Testing the resolve of policy-makers has proven lucrative for currency traders in the past.

13.   Testing the resolve of the nation with a currency board could prove a recipe for disaster.

14.   The beating taken by small-company funds in the last quarter may have tested the resolve of long-term investors to stick to their guns.

15.   The Gingrich case will test their resolve.

16.   The move, shepherded by Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Edward M. Kennedy, is meant to test Republican resolve on guns.

17.   There is no principled reason for Democratic leaders to test his resolve.

18.   There is also a danger that other countries will test American resolve, convinced that Clinton is weakened and distracted.

19.   U.N. officials also speculated that the Bosnian Serbs might be testing the resolve of the Western Allies to resume air strikes in the face of heavy Russian opposition.

20.   Upon returning home, his resolve was quickly tested.