1.   And having convinced his people that Arafat sanctioned terror, Netanyahu would find it hard after a new attack to avoid a harsh retaliation.

2.   After being swept out of the playoffs by the Cardinals last fall, they had ambitious offseason plans and went hard after shortstop Alex Rodriguez and lefthander Mike Hampton.

3.   Childs re-injured his sprained left wrist Wednesday, falling hard after a collision with Rasheed Wallace.

4.   Croce also acknowledged that he went hard after Pitino but dropped out when he found out Larry Brown was available.

5.   He sustained what the team called a chin laceration after crashing to the ice hard after a Bobby Holik check.

6.   In fact, with the exception of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Carnesecca never went hard after a superstar prospect.

7.   King said coming to a new town was hard after eight seasons in Pittsburgh.

8.   Q. A bag of cement got very hard after being stored for two years.

9.   Skinner remembers a year ago going hard after a player who lived in Alabama.

10.   Still, the giant price hike in heating oil last January hit residents hard after so many years of affordable warmth.