1.   Bush has generally soft-pedaled his pro-life stance during elections in Texas.

2.   Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of the influential Expediency Council, voiced the clearest stance during a Friday sermon a week ago.

3.   Jordan is still paying an economic price for its stance during the Persian Gulf war, when public sympathy lay overwhelmingly with Iraq.

4.   Newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck an uncompromising stance during his first meeting with President Clinton on Tuesday.

5.   That teammate Grant Hill will be a marked man for his passive, anti-union stance during the lockout.

6.   The next stroke Furyk takes from a conventional putting stance during tournament play will be his first.

7.   Others chose individuals who took a strong anti-military stance during the unpopular rule of Abacha.

8.   Beltrametti, who had shown promise in training early in the week, was taking an aggressive stance during the season-opening downhill.

9.   Bush noted that this was his stance during the presidential campaign.

10.   But he reaffirmed the stance during his trip.