1.   Although some travelers are fortunate enough to stumble into a sympathetic ticket booker, most airlines are taking a harder stance on illness and bereavement policies.

2.   After intense pressure from the State Department, Jackson later adopted a harder stance against Sankoh.

3.   But Thursday he took a much harder stance.

4.   Not until public shock boiled and spread worldwide did they take a harder stance.

5.   Several witnesses said that the testimony showed the United States should take a harder stance against China.

6.   While Tagliabue seems to be taking a harder stance, executives close to him maintain he wants to do more.

7.   Great Britain, meanwhile, has taken a harder stance than France to the war in the break-away republic.

8.   The Greek Cypriot government on Thursday said the appointment in Turkey of Mumtaz Soysal as the new foreign minister means a harder Turkish stance on Cyprus.

9.   The government of Indian premier Atal Behari Vajpayee has been pressuring Musharraf to take a harder stance against the separatist groups it blames for the suicide attack.

10.   The government of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has been pressuring Musharraf to take a harder stance against the separatist groups it accuses of launching the suicide attack.