1.   Before accepting the additional risks of this handover, Israel rightly insisted that Arafat take an unequivocal stand against terrorism in Gaza.

2.   Relying on religious and moral imagery, longshots Buchanan and Keyes take unequivocal stands for traditional families and against abortion, homosexuality and government-funded art.

3.   The only U.S. ally that took an unequivocal stand was Britain.

4.   Michael Whiteley, the national director of Australian Catholic Relief, urged the government to take an unequivocal stand against trade in antipersonnel landmines.