11.   Abbas, who is widely known as Abu Mazen, is expected to take a tougher line, and he promptly rejected the idea of a phased withdrawal.

12.   Albright arrived in Egypt and Saudi Arabia just as those governments have taken a much tougher line against Saddam.

13.   Bush has promised to take a tougher line against corrupt Russian officials.

14.   But he is under pressure from West Bank Arabs to take a tougher line.

15.   But he took a much tougher line in testimony last week before the House International Relations Committee.

16.   But the president has taken a tougher line recently, linking Walker with the al-Qaida network of international terrorism.

17.   Dutch politicians are wondering aloud if a tougher Dutch line might have saved civilian lives in Srebrenica.

18.   Dole previously had taken a tougher line toward Israel.

19.   Even now, with Jordan adopting a tougher line against the Iraqi government, it has continued to call for a lifting of those trade barriers.

20.   Even so, some Fed bank presidents have taken a tougher line on interest rates than the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board.