71.   We have to take a stance.

72.   What remains uncertain is why the Pentagon took a public stance clearly at odds with the classified information it had collected in Haiti.

73.   When he reached the front of the room and took a stance behind the podium, the cheering went on for a full two minutes.

74.   A week ago, the association refused to take a stance on demands for payment by the sports committee of the German Parliament.

75.   After the world has set a course toward a more civilized world, it would be beyond common sense for Indonesia to take a stance which is against this.

76.   Albright takes no-nonsense stance in Kosovo talks.

77.   Algeria, which long backed the guerrillas, now denies it is taking a stance.

78.   Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg did not take a stance.

79.   Both Canada and the European Union said they hoped to avoid a trade war, but both took fighting stances.

80.   But a new stance was taken Wednesday in a statement issued by the office of NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik.