The hard-line stand has had the desired effect.

Mr. Bush's hard-line stand, however, has sent others in Westchester scrambling to make their voices heard, even at the 11th hour.

But the Japanese, who hold about $1 billion of the Polish debt, have recently eased their hard-line stand and indicated a readiness to restore normal relations.

Whether bankruptcies and rising unemployment will temper the hard-line stand by the Government on inflation or slow its plunge toward capitalism is unclear.

But he found little support for his hard-line stand, with most European governments advising him to try to make peace on the best terms available.

At the same time, his hard-line stands left him more popular than ever with his membership.

Mr. Sharon remains unpopular among some American Jews, because of his hard-line stands.

More and more oppose the hard-line stands that the Kremlin takes against anyone who challenges its central authority.

Khamenei viewed hard-line stands as beneficially producing a "born again" self-confidence in the Iranian people.

Their representatives have been conspiring and proclaiming traditional hard-line Palestinian stands.