61.   The sources also said the security establishment was urging Peres to drop the longstanding policy of secrecy around the identity of the agency director.

62.   U.S. officials have said privately that the Clinton administration does not want to spend aid money on Jewish settlements, which would be a violation of longstanding U.S. policy.

63.   Violence has escalated in the half-island territory since January, when the Indonesian government reversed a longstanding policy on East Timor.

64.   White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Taiwan should not be upset over a reiteration of longstanding policy.

65.   China reacted angrily after the Clinton administration, under pressure from Congress, reversed a longstanding policy of barring even private visits by Taiwan officials.

66.   The United States has a longstanding policy of neither confirming nor denying whether a given ship is armed with nuclear weapons.

67.   The United States, breaking with longstanding policy of open immigration for Cubans, initially vowed that the rafters would not be allowed into the United States.

68.   Last year, Sony shook up its US entertainment division following huge losses from its Hollywood studios, abandoning a longstanding hands-off policy.