1.  Some industries acquired chairmen with a reputation for cost-cutting and a tough stand on labour relations.

2.  White will make a tough stand against slanted reporting.

3.  And they remain under pressure to take a tough stand, as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has begun to complain that Washington is making too many concessions.

4.  Barbour said that crime and welfare are among the issues where Republicans, who advocate tough stands on both, could attract the African-American vote.

5.  After weeks of sometimes bitter and divisive debate, Republicans Monday adopted a strongly conservative platform with tough stands on abortion, immigration and affirmative action.

6.  Albright is credited with taking a tough stand on behalf of intervening in Bosnia for two years while the president dithered and did nothing.

7.  But critics say Bush, a former oil executive, mostly rides the political tides of Texas, seldom taking tough environmental stands unless the pressure is overwhelming.

8.  But by now, the prospect of an agreement with Dreamworks might have made it easier for him to take a tough stand with Ovitz.

9.  DeVillars, a senior aide to former Gov. Michael Dukakis, has long been popular with environmentalists because of his willingness to take tough stands.

10.  Democrats have accepted tobacco money and many, including House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., argued against the tough anti-smoking stand Clinton took last year.