Only the party's branch in midland Natal took a forceful stand, welcoming the seizure of power by Soviet hard-liners.

With Rio, Aterciopelados takes an increasingly forceful stand on the environment.

Instead, the British Defense Minister suggested that the idea, and others, be studied by the United Nations, which has been reluctant to take a forceful stand against the Bosnian Serbs.

We must now take a more forceful stand against joining with Lord Rahl, despite the risk that course holds.

With a new team in charge, Mr. Bush took a more forceful stand, using the issue as a way to reassert his leadership.

"There isn't a sense of strategic interest or a sense of historic responsibility that makes us take a more forceful stand."

Mr. Parker might have remained a lawyer with a hobby had he not taken such an early and forceful stand on the 1982 Bordeaux vintage.

In addition, Goerdeler reported Hitler could be deterred from war by a forceful British diplomatic stand in favour of Poland.

So we need a clear and forceful stand on human rights and also to have the human rights situation in Iran as a priority in dealing with Tehran.

In extraordinary debates over military strategy, however, some officers have faulted the generals for not taking a forceful stand.