61.   Because he is facing a review from his former colleagues, few people expect that Ashcroft will fail to win Senate confirmation as things now stand.

62.   A meeting with sponsors and potential sponsors was held Monday afternoon to advise them of where things stood.

63.   A question-and-answer overview on where things stand.

64.   A wrap-of of where things stand regarding the federal government shutdown and the current status of ANWR.

65.   After receiving that call from Shapiro, Coelho called the Agriculture Department to find out where things stood.

66.   But a few things stand in the way of complete happiness.

67.   But a large contingent of Jets fans could be content with the way things stand right now.

68.   But as things stand, the public wants this to end more quickly than it is likely to.

69.   But as things stand, Western perceptions of China suffer from the ultimate half-full, half-empty problem.