1.   Both the United States and the European Union have hardened the tone of their warnings to Arafat in recent days.

2.   Bush hardened the tone in the closing minutes when moderator Jim Lehrer asked about character.

3.   But Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin, who had earlier made conciliatory gestures, hardened his tone.

4.   Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem headed for Baghdad Wednesday as Turkey hardened its tone against Iraq in the crisis over weapons inspections.

5.   However, since then, the Russian foreign ministry has dramatically hardened its tone towards the West, and Kozyrev apparently sought to adapt.

6.   Iran has hardened its tone towards the dispute with the UAE, raising the military option as a possible way to settle the conflict.

7.   By hardening its tone, the US administration is showing its impatience at the lack of progress in the Bosnian peace process.

8.   Moslem rebels holding four Western tourists in Kashmir for nearly two months hardened their tone Thursday but an official spokesman denied that the captors had issued a fresh ultimatum.

9.   Since then, the Russian foreign ministry has dramatically hardened its tone towards the West, and Kozyrev apparently sought to adapt.