51. C-SPAN will have control of the camera that films from a prime position by the seal above where the chairman is seated. 52. Despite their deep-seated hostility toward Saddam, American allies in the Gulf have been placed in an awkward position by the threat of additional American military strikes against Iraq. 53. Developing countries have defended their restrictive position by saying their domestic telecommunications industries would be hurt by free trade. 54. Diet centers defend their position by noting that customers who use the drugs must agree to frequent follow-up medical evaluations. 55. Did he abuse his position by having city employees run personal errands? 56. Economists argue that premier sports leagues exploit their monopoly position by pitting one city against another to extract income from taxpayers, usually in the form of stadium subsidies. 57. Estrich takes credit for pushing the Gore campaign to hire women for top positions by threatening to write a column predicting Gore would have a problem with female support. 58. Even though the new European single currency is hastening the development of a single financial market, banks are shoring up their positions by merging within national boundaries. 59. Everyone is zeroing in on that summer, though, so teams will be jockeying for position by trying to unload their undesirables and staying away from long-term contracts. 60. First, the Republican Party could cement its dominant position by attracting a larger percentage of women and minority voters. |