31.  Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party, has said that if elected, he would take a tougher stand against the Palestinians.

32.  Nevertheless, tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in a central Jerusalem square this week to demand the government take a tougher stand against the Palestinians.

33.  Opposition newspapers urged retribution Friday against Israelis involved in the killing of Egyptian prisoners and criticized the government for not taking a tougher stand on the issue.

34.  Publicly, many Arab leaders take a tougher stand.

35.  She suggested the Americans needed to take a tougher stand than they seemed willing to take, especially on settlements.

36.  Scott Ritter says unless they take a tougher stand, Iraq will end up keeping its weapons of mass destruction.

37.  Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his foreign minister, Yevgeny Primakov, have taken tougher stands on expansion of the Western alliance.

38.  Serbian nationalists have called for an even tougher stand toward the Kosovo Albanians, including their massive expulsion to neighboring Albania.

39.  That raised the possibility that a presidential visit could be used to entice Islamabad to take a tougher stand against terrorists and begin restoring democracy.

40.  The French position could lead to a tougher council stand when sanctions are up for review in October.