21.   Taking a tougher stance on health information, the state will not permit sharing unless a customer specifically grants permission.

22.   The Americans are also taking a tougher stance than other countries on international telecom services.

23.   The Clinton administration has been taking a tougher stance against what it claims are Japanese barriers to free trade.

24.   The critics are also demanding that Hill take a tougher stance toward Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

25.   The financial markets have signaled a tougher stance in the last two weeks.

26.   The new intelligence estimate could confront President Bush with an early test of his pledge to take a tougher stance against President Saddam Hussein than the Clinton administration did.

27.   The province of Ontario is taking a tougher stance on welfare than has ever been tried before in Canada.

28.   The tougher stances on both sides pose a threat to the talks as they reach a critical point, according to people close to them.

29.   Then Washington allowed Lee to visit, and Jiang had to take a tougher stance on Taiwan or risk losing military support.

30.   Then, when the federal government adopted a tougher stance, Gonzalez took a different approach.