1.   Back-to-back scoreless shutouts in regulation against San Jose toughened their resolve even if it loosened their hold on the eighth spot in the West.

2.   Because this early rejection has toughened his resolve, Field is determined to stay honest despite signs of corruption around him.

3.   A pair of scoreless games in regulation against San Jose toughened their resolve even if it loosened their hold on the eighth spot in the West.

4.   After years of watching wages stagnate and profits grow, American workers may be toughening their resolve, say those watching the strike.

5.   But the Clinton administration, which had been preparing for such a move by Milosevic, toughened its resolve.

6.   Florida officials said the newly released information had been obtained late in their two-year probe of Prudential and had toughened their resolve.

7.   His defensive tone varied little until late September, when several developments appeared to toughen his resolve.

8.   The recourse to violence has toughened the resolve of some people.

9.   Then, to psyche himself up and toughen his resolve, he tops it off by whacking himself in the head with a piece of sheet metal.

10.   That should toughen their resolve.