31.   In November, the rebels had declared a unilateral freeze on peace talks until the government could show it was taking a harder line against the groups.

32.   In retrospect, the critics say that Barak may have mishandled the negotiations in Shepherdstown, W.Va., in January, embarrassing the Syrians into a harder line.

33.   In the past, the MTA has taken a harder line than the CGT in its opposition to government economic policy.

34.   In taking the harder line, the House members essentially embraced the Senate bill.

35.   Israeli officials have said that some and eventually all of the payments can be restored if Arafat and his forces begin to adopt a harder line against Islamic militants.

36.   It will move more slowly among youths and in poor areas, where planners think people tend to take a harder line.

37.   Jackson took a harder line in announcing the boycott.

38.   Jackson took a harder line.

39.   Kantor, fresh from his victory in China, has been among the most vocal advocates of a need to take a harder line.

40.   Local officials were emboldened to take an even harder line in February after Beijing issued new regulations saying people are not allowed to resist moving.