1.   American officials told them Pakistan should force the Taliban to moderate its positions and turn over bin Laden.

2.   But with the commission expected to approve the regulation, the industry association moderated its position in a statement on Tuesday.

3.   Chen has recently moderated this position, saying that a formal declaration would not be necessary because Taiwan already enjoys de facto independence.

4.   Chen, who leads the Democratic Progressive Party, recently moderated his position, saying that a declaration of independence is unnecessary because Taiwan is already sovereign in practice.

5.   Even some leaders of the anti-abortion movement have moderated their positions, all in the name of political pragmatism.

6.   Even so, a number of Republicans senators apparently want him to moderate his position further.

7.   Later that day, CMGI moderated its position but reserved the right to back out of the deal.

8.   Moderated my positions?

9.   More recently, however, Chen has moderated this position, saying that a declaration of independence is unnecessary because Taiwan already enjoys de facto sovereignty.

10.   Right now, polls indicate that will be Gov. George W. Bush, whose moderate positions came in for specific criticism Tuesday from Smith.