Enzi takes a hard-line view on illegal immigration and has been rated highly by groups that support tighter border controls.

But some officials who know Ms. Rice well do not expect her to take a hard-line hawkish view when she goes to State.

Her hard-line view is not widely shared, however.

It's not hard to find critics of corporate social responsibility who still take that hard-line view.

A hard-line view on the Israeli-Arab conflict that was offered quietly earlier this summer now seems to be evolving into doctrine.

But the conflict has become more violent recently as a segment of Zanzibar's Muslim community pushes a hard-line religious view.

This ethnic-cleansing has strengthened hard-line views on both sides.

Mr. Sharon said that as a minister he felt constrained from promoting his hard-line views.

This continued harassment only entrenches, understandably, hard-line views in Gibraltar.

But as one senior staff official put it, "Hodel was not acceptable to anyone around here" because of his hard-line views on many issues.