31.  Prefectural governments and municipalities are cooperating in the ministry swoop, which ministry sources say is the first time such tough action gas been taken against pharmacies.

32.  Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., has underscored congressional support for tough action against Iraq.

33.  Some analysts say that Thailand has also failed to close debt-ridden businesses, and the recent stock revival might blunt any will to take tough political actions.

34.  Such unrelenting growth, economists said, require tough action and a half-point increase to keep wages and inflation in check.

35.  The British forces in Bosnia were hamstrung because, under their political mandate, they could not take tough action that was clearly needed.

36.  The Clinton administration defended the appeals court decision, saying federal law purposely leaves states free to take tough action against pollution.

37.  The commissioner said tough action was required to deter the U.S. from extending similar legislation to Libya and Iran.

38.  The fate of people like Burov has stirred angry calls from nationalists in Moscow for tough action to protest the treatment of Russian-speaking minorities.

39.  The move in effect restricted people to their immediate communities and augured tough Israeli actions in Palestinian regions that only recently were celebrating the lifting of Israeli occupation.

40.  The United Nations can only take tough action if the powerful Security Council votes in favor.