11.   His positions hardened during the current fighting with Israel, and he was in Kuwait to take part in a seminar on freezing normalization with Israel when he died.

12.   However, when the cable of the actual text of the American offer came through, Wilson believed the U.S. position had hardened.

13.   His positions hardened during the current fighting.

14.   Instead positions hardened.

15.   But its position has hardened noticeably since Sunday when big demonstrations began in the Chechen capital Grozny.