1.   Already, Schaefer, Bumpers, the Clinton administration, Murkowski and others have established divergent positions on many issues.

2.   Despite the divergent positions taken by Jones and the league, there were small hints of compromise to avoid a protracted, expensive lawsuit.

3.   Environmental groups have taken wildly divergent positions on the issue.

4.   The Catholic Church and the Christian Coalition have divergent positions on other issues, including capital punishment, gun control and immigration.

5.   The defense and the prosecution indicated that they would use the report to bolster their sharply divergent positions.

6.   The session was less a debate than a standoff as the two women reiterated their long-held divergent positions.

7.   A look by Associated Press correspondents at the divergent positions of five nations shows the range of interests at stake in the debate.

8.   With both sides entrenched in divergent positions, prospects for a breakthrough in the Washington talks seem dim.

9.   With both sides entrenched in widely divergent positions, prospects for a breakthrough in the Washington talks seem dim.

10.   The statement seemed designed to reconcile divergent positions on the matter ahead of an upcoming conference of bishops that will vote on a nationwide policy.