1.   But regulators are taking a harder line these days.

2.   When under attack -- as Protestants should know so well -- a beleaguered community tends to retreat towards a harder line.

3.   Arguing that Communists respond only to a harder line, they have mentioned normalizing relations with Taiwan.

4.   As the drumbeat of criticism against the tobacco industry picked up, though, Philip Morris decided it needed to take a harder line.

5.   Advocates for prisoners said the increased detention reflected a change in attitude by both judges and prosecutors, who are taking a harder line with accused teen-agers.

6.   But he also has made no secret of the fact he would like to see his coach take a harder line.

7.   But in the last few years, as frustration has risen in its own ranks, the government has tried to stake out a far harder line.

8.   But GOP leaders will take a harder line as Davis lays out his policy initiatives.

9.   But many senators, including Coverdell, favor a much harder line toward Mexico.

10.   But others, like Citarella, are taking a harder line.