51.   Spokesman James Pellechia dismissed as misleading news reports that the longstanding policy had been reversed.

52.   The Clinton administration opposes a Republican plan to overturn longstanding federal policy requiring states receiving certain federal funds to separate incarcerated juveniles from adults.

53.   The government has refused, sticking to a longstanding policy of spreading ETA convicts throughout the country.

54.   The flotillas have arisen since the Clinton administration last May reversed the longstanding U.S. policy of welcoming all Cuban refugees.

55.   The North recently has reversed a longstanding policy of aloofness from the outside world by making appeals for food aid.

56.   The Netanyahu-Sharon approach is also naive in that it acts as if longstanding Russian policy predilections can be bought off with minor trade incentives.

57.   The request was a clear departure from the longstanding policy of limiting assistance to Colombia to the counternarcotics struggle.

58.   The State Department has a longstanding policy of not commenting on asylum cases.

59.   The State Department has said it is longstanding U.S. policy not to consult with China on U.S. arms sales policies toward the island.

60.   The sources also said Shin Bet was urging Peres to drop the longstanding policy of concealing the identity of its director.