11.   Just one week ago, the governing Labor Party dropped its longstanding opposition to a separate Palestinian state.

12.   The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to begin drafting new safety standards for bath seats, after the only Republican member modified her longstanding opposition.

13.   The Republican Senate majority, which is desperate to maintain its hold on that seat, suddenly dropped its longstanding opposition to the bill.

14.   The White House and Senate Democrats abandoned their longstanding opposition on Tuesday to a politically popular bill that calls for a national defense against limited long-range missile attacks.

15.   Abandoning their longstanding opposition to so-called hate crimes legislation, Senate Republicans allowed the chamber to vote on a measure proposed by fellow Republican Gov. George Pataki.

16.   An ANC summit on spiraling crime in South Africa concluded last week with a decision to review its longstanding opposition to capital punishment.

17.   In contrast to Likud, the Labor Party last month dropped a longstanding opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state from its platform.

18.   International pressure to attend is so strong that the Yugoslav government has been sending signals that it may relent in its longstanding opposition to such talks held outside Serbia.

19.   Israel may ease its longstanding opposition to any commitment to nuclear non-proliferation, according to a report published Tuesday.

20.   Israel may ease its longstanding opposition to any commitment to nuclear non-proliferation in order to mollify Egypt, according to a report published Tuesday.