71.   Holbrooke, the US point man on Bosnia, met with the leaders after their arrival Tuesday and said they had hardened their positions.

72.   As both sides hardened their positions, Clinton noted earlier that the power struggle between Congress and his Democratic administration has landed the nation in unknown territory.

73.   As both sides hardened their positions, Clinton noted earlier that the power struggle between Congress and his Democratic administration had landed the nation in unknown territory.

74.   Both the MQM and the government hardened their positions as Karachi rapidly slipped into turmoil.

75.   But Russia has hardened its position since the document went on the drawing board.

76.   De Charette said he was conscious of the difficulties involved, not least because all sides had hardened their positions in the run-up to eventual negotiations.

77.   Japanese negotiators hardened their position in this round of talks, Larson said, by asking for more flights to and through the United States.

78.   Marcos had blasted the convictions and responded by hardening his positions, putting his troops on alert and putting off peace talks that were to have resumed last week.

79.   On one side, business leaders have hardened their positions against the administration, after De Leon rejected a private sector proposal to soften the tax reform.

80.   Since then, both sides have hardened their positions and become bogged down in tit-for-tat displays of might and rhetorical sparring.