81.   The hotly contested Florida law strengthens the hand of the state in its Medicaid suit.

82.   The House strengthened its hand by bundling all the major anti-regulation measures it has approved into a single package.

83.   The lopsided vote may strengthen the hand of the Senate sponsors in fighting off controversial amendments added in the House version of the bill.

84.   The move by the states could strengthen the hand of the Environmental Protection Agency as it presses the White House to toughen pollution control standards.

85.   The legislation aims to strengthen the hand of federal law enforcement in the prosecution of hate crimes.

86.   The necessity for presidents to approve or disapprove bills in their entirety considerably strengthens the hand of Congress.

87.   The Rangers wanted to use the last of their home-field advantage to strengthen their hand before heading to the West Coast.

88.   The ruling strengthens the hand of tobacco companies in their negotiations to settle smoking-related lawsuits by about three dozen states.

89.   The ruling strengthens the hand of the government as it completes its review of the largest merger in the cable television industry.

90.   The strike, which Giuliani halted with a threat to fire the society, strengthened his hand just at budget time.