51.  Umbro insisted it already took a firm stand against child labor and made sub-contractors sign an agreement against using minors to do the work.

52.  He praised the firm stand adopted by Damascus.

53.  He said leaders were of a mind to take a firm stand with Nigeria.

54.  In Asia China and South Korea, both of which suffered most under Japanese military rule before and during World War II, have not taken a firm stand.

55.  A leading member of the Palestinian legislative council called Wednesday for a firm stand against the newly elected right-wing government in Israel.

56.  Arafat flew in from Doha at the end of a two-day visit to Qatar, where he asked officials to adopt a firm stand towards Israel.

57.  But the government will soon have to take a firm stand to defuse public outrage, experts told AFP.

58.  The United States should take a firm stand until South Korean opened its market to US products, he said.

59.  Jordan, which paid a heavy price for its sympathy with Iraq in the first Gulf crisis, has taken a firm stand in the latest showdown over Kuwait.

60.  Last week another Saudi newspaper Ar-Riyadh for the first time urged Moslems to take a firm diplomatic stand against Russia.