31.   Overseas investors have been taking a wait-and-see stance toward the market while congress dickers over the changes in the labor laws.

32.   Other presidential candidates are also taking a tough stance toward the rebels.

33.   Responding to the dramatic change in tone from Washington, Japan, too, has recently hardened its stance toward North Korea.

34.   Since the WTO mayhem, the attention the press has focused on them is forcing anarchists here to adopt a strangely tolerant stance toward the media.

35.   Since then, party members have clamored for the president to take a tougher stance toward Beijing.

36.   Since then, Utah has largely taken an increasingly tolerant stance toward polygamy.

37.   Some reports from Colombia suggest the United States is taking an overly moralistic stance toward a problem it bears much of the responsibility for creating.

38.   Some Wall Street analysts also are taking a more cautious stance toward the company.

39.   Some winery organizations are taking a cautious stance toward the new venture.

40.   Taken together, they seemed to imply that the administration is seriously considering a significant shift in its stance toward Arafat.