21.   But, as Europe recovers, there is a risk that cyclical declines in budget deficits and unemployment will reduce the incentive to take tough measures.

22.   Congressional intelligence committee leaders and Justice Department officials say it is a tough measure needed to stop the flow of classified information that threatens to undermine national security.

23.   Coincidentally, it is starting just after the industry withdrew support from a national agreement to crack down on smoking that included tough measures to limit advertising.

24.   Ecuadorean President Abdala Bucaram is losing popularity among voters, in part because of his tough economic measures, a recent poll found.

25.   Even then, security officials acknowledged that there was no guarantee that the tough measures would halt the suicide bombings.

26.   Ferraro defended the fee, saying it had not prevented her from supporting tough measures aimed at tobacco companies in Congress.

27.   He said anti-smoking leaders advocate tough measures to extract as much money as possible from the industry.

28.   He supported tax cuts, deregulation and tough measures to fight crime.

29.   He was speaking to foreign investors and bankers, and trying to reassure them that he is prepared to take tough measures to restructure the South Korean economy.

30.   If there is no agreement, the United States, Russia, and the major Western European powers have committed themselves to tough measures against the Serbs.