He called for "the most resolute measures to combat this socially dangerous phenomenon."

I saw that there was great disorder in Moscow, and I had to take resolute measures to struggle with the mafia, the bureaucracy.

"We must adopt the most resolute measures aiming at limiting the budget deficit and the emission of credits," he said.

"We must adopt firm and resolute measures to end the turmoil swiftly," Prime Minister Li says.

Had the Chinese Government not taken the resolute measures, we could not have enjoyed the stability we are enjoying today.

Economic recovery is as much about confidence as it is about deficit financing, as the resolute measures recently announced by President Clinton have demonstrated.

Gissing determined upon resolute measures.

Under such circumstances we are forced to take resolute and decisive measures to put an end to the turmoil.

"We must adopt firm and resolute measures to end the turmoil swiftly," Prime Minister Li Peng said in a speech broadcast shortly after midnight.

But he added that the Government was ready to use "resolute measures" if the disputes intensified and violated the criminal law.