31.   Baseball stood firm, and the games were played, which was the correct decision.

32.   A subtheme in the campaign of President Boris Yeltsin and Gennadi Zyuganov, the Communist candidate, has been the need to stand firm against the West.

33.   After consulting Daschle, Kennedy relayed the message that the Democrats were standing firm against witnesses, according to one Democratic official.

34.   Although deeply shaken by the Curley murder, and other recent atrocious crimes, some other legislative opponents of capital punishment have resolved to stand firm.

35.   But after extracting the written commitment from Fong, the group decided to stand firm.

36.   But Anderson is standing firm.

37.   But Ayres said that while Republican activists are telling their leadership to stand firm, independent voters are probably disgusted with the image of gridlock.

38.   But Givens stood firm.

39.   But Greenspan stood firm with his positive spin,

40.   But Harvey stood firm in his belief in the First Amendment.