61.   The Mariners return home to Safeco in much better position than when they left a week ago.

62.   The Red Wings are in a much different position than the Bruins or Calgary.

63.   The Republicans start from a stronger political position than Clinton, and they have displayed much greater party discipline than congressional Democrats showed last year.

64.   The president and the speaker seemed more to be jockeying for political position than to be seeking common ground on smoking legislation.

65.   The president may be in a slightly more sympathetic position than the dominant Republicans, but a governing breakdown would hurt him too.

66.   The survey showed that white evangelical Protestants took more conservative positions than other religious groups, both on moral issues and some secular issues.

67.   The tobacco industry, relatively interest-rate proof, is in a better position than many others.

68.   The trouble is that this president is in a weaker position than his predecessors to make such policies stick.

69.   They assert that the states are in a much better position than the federal government to decide how the money should be spent.

70.   There now are more women in executive, decision-making positions than ever before.