31.  She has staked out a tough position, demanding answers to a wide range of questions about how various city resources would be divided.

32.  Some literary agents contend that Random House has taken tough negotiating positions by refusing to allow contract revisions as the market grows.

33.  Some Palestinian officials expect a deepening diplomatic paralysis as the Israelis become embroiled in an election campaign and Netanyahu stakes out tough positions to garner votes from the right.

34.  Terena Ziegler took a tough position.

35.  That puts computer vendors in a tough position.

36.  That put Jordan and other Arab moderates in a tough position.

37.  The misconceptions have put meteorologists in a tough position.

38.  The other qualifies every tough position with a promise that nobody will get hurt in a kinder, gentler Dole administration.

39.  The recent disappointments put Ann Taylor in a tough position with its bank lenders.

40.  The president will not put the squeeze on his visitor to soften his tough bargaining position with Arab neighbors, said White House foreign policy spokesman David Johnson.