11.   Long a hold-out on the treaty, Yeltsin reversed his stand earlier this month, the same day anti-land mine forces won the Nobel Peace Prize.

12.   On NATO, administration officials were hopeful Yeltsin would agree to establish ties to the alliance, thereby reversing the stand the Russian president took last year.

13.   On Thursday, he thanked Saudi Arabia for reversing its stand.

14.   President Kim Young-sam, in Manila on an official visit, predicted that the North would reverse its stand.

15.   Recent decisions by the Bush administration to reverse its stand on carbon dioxide emissions standards and workplace ergonomics rules illustrate her point, Backus said.

16.   The announcement reverses the stand the Russian president took last year.

17.   Yeltsin, long a hold-out on the treaty, reversed his stand earlier this month, the same day anti-landmine forces won the Nobel Peace Prize.

18.   Without making any promise, Deputy Secretary for Housing Leung Chin-man virtually reversed the stand of the Housing Society that such deposits be forfeited.

19.   Zushi officials said she might resign to take responsibility for reversing her stand on the issue in talks with Hoshuyama that began in August.

20.   Clinton, in the midst of his reelection campaign, reversed his stand and agreed to sign a bill aimed at tightening the US embargo.