51.   Previous attempts to resolve the case through settlement talks have met with stiff resistance from the states, industry rivals and consumer groups.

52.   Residents said that the stiff resistance to the Israelis prevented them from penetrating beyond the outskirts of the camp or arresting any suspects.

53.   Similar renovations have provoked stiff resistance from some conservatives in American parishes in recent years, and this project has been no different.

54.   Stiff resistance to the settlement from anti-smoking forces pushed congressional consideration into the new year.

55.   Stiff resistance has emerged in the Legislature, fed by an organized campaign led by the state chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

56.   That proposal is likely to meet with stiff resistance from Democrats and union leaders, who regard the money as crucial to the survival of teaching hospitals.

57.   That provision, a favorite of newer House Republicans, has until now met stiff resistance from Senate Republicans.

58.   That is why Holyfield believes Lewis has to offer stiff resistance early in the fight by holding his ground and by making Tyson taste some leather.

59.   The guerrilla forces, Clark said Tuesday, had not been defeated and were still able to put up stiff resistance to the Serbs.

60.   The Fifth and British Eighth Armies are fighting side by side up the Italian boot against stiff German resistance.