1.   After three years of what he sees as fruitless efforts at cooperation with Russia, and now facing another war, Maskhadov has hardened his line.

2.   Britain has hardened its line against Serbian atrocities.

3.   Indeed, the only step taken inside the party to date is likely to harden the lines between the wings.

4.   Ortiz also hardened some lines of debate by ruling out tax cuts this year.

5.   That seemed only to harden the line of authorities here against speculators Thursday.

6.   The unprecedented programming produced a mix of amusement, ridicule and condemnation and hardened the lines drawn on Capitol Hill over whether the president should be impeached.

7.   Bush hardened his lines too, and also complained when the vice president breached the debate rules by questioning him directly.

8.   With Italy apparently hardening its line, shots were fired Monday from an Albanian fishing vessel at an Italian coast guard cutter, officials said.

9.   Algerian newspapers have suggested the Paris Club will harden its line in negotiations with Algiers this time around.