1.  North Korea reacted sharply to the tougher position and the two sides have yet to engage in serious dialogue.

2.  That would be a tougher position to fill.

3.  The tougher position was summed up in a speech delivered by Major at Leiden University in the Netherlands in September.

4.  When accepting new business, State Farm would take a tougher position, said Freeman.

5.  During his election campaign, Netanyahu took a tougher position on peace negotiations than Peres.

6.  He is likely to try and appease those feelings, possibly by adopting tougher positions on foreign policy and probably by ditching some moderate Cabinet ministers.

7.  Netanyahu said his government would take a tougher position.

8.  Sharon has staked out far tougher positions toward the Palestinians than Ehud Barak, the man he routed at the polls on Tuesday.

9.  Summit signals tougher negotiating positions.

10.  The Olympic scandal has the Bank of America taking a tougher position on its line of credit with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee.