1.   He has a moral stature which comes from being wholly untainted by the previous regime.

2.   And the moral stature Young acquired in his youth he seems willing to squander as he approaches old age.

3.   His deep involvement in party politics has inevitably tarnished his moral stature.

4.   His moral stature is unquestioned.

5.   In the White House, aides indicated that Clinton has earned moral stature among mainstream whites on the issue of race relations.

6.   Their moral stature could not be questioned, at least not publicly.

7.   There are certainly times when his moral stature is still valuable, even in the grubby world of politics.

8.   This is a man who, unlike Mandela, cannot draw his authority either in the ANC or in the country from warm affection or moral stature.

9.   With no elected power, he must depend on moral stature and the bully pulpit.

10.   South Africa, with its growing moral stature and experience of nation building, was ideally placed to play this role, Buyoya said.