1.   However, the professor was defended by many advocates of Afrocentric education who characterized criticism of his stance as indicative of anti-black racism.

2.   The process which I adopted for validating my accounts of the various meetings I attended, may have undermined my stance as a non-participant.

3.   Ageist policies are sometimes advocated on the basis of compassionate and humanitarian concerns -- perhaps one might regard this stance as reasoned ageism.

4.   Although Glickman mentioned several options, he is reportedly being courted by Washington who see his pro-business stance as a plus.

5.   And he takes that stance as a more distantly possible candidate himself.

6.   And he tried to distance himself from the peace agreement, allying himself instead with his old stance as defender of the Greater Land of Israel.

7.   ABC is portraying its new stance as something of a noble crusade.

8.   But Helms, in a special meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Friday, is expected to defend his stance as a valid use of Senate rules.

9.   But only when a Globe columnist suggested his pro-life stance as a possible point of contrast did he mention it.

10.   But that has unsettled Jordanians who saw that stance as an indication that he had become too closely aligned with U.S. policy.