1.   Accent the positive.

2.   After weeks of accenting the positive, the Clinton administration made a point of underscoring the differences between the United States and the North Koreans.

3.   On Tuesday, the two sides sought to accent the positive.

4.   Still, U.S. officials sought to accent the positive.

5.   Sun Microsystems wanted to accent the positive when it warned Wall Street last week that earnings and revenue would fall short of estimates in the current quarter.