1.   But Perot has publicly repudiated Dole for advocating a tax cut, contrary to his longstanding position for holding out first for a balanced budget.

2.   But the public believes that it does, and politicians have been switching longstanding positions to accommodate that view. . . .

3.   But, in keeping with his longstanding position, Clinton would consider such cuts only as part of broader efforts to overhaul health care.

4.   By arguing that the real cause of the immigration crisis is the U.S. economic embargo, both Cuban diplomats were echoing longstanding positions that Castro has espoused.

5.   Last year, Dole switched his longstanding position on affirmative action, coming out against it.

6.   On Tuesday, they reaffirmed their longstanding position that such immigrants were not political refugees who deserved a safe haven, but illegal economic immigrants who should be returned.

7.   Sharon was explicit in his refusal to budge from the longstanding Israeli position that European and U.N. monitors were unacceptable, largely because they were not impartial.

8.   The Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly reiterated its longstanding position that such North Koreans are economic migrants.

9.   The decision, written by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, resolved a dispute among the lower federal courts and upheld the longstanding position of the Patent and Trademark Office.

10.   The interview prompted government spokesmen to repeat longstanding American positions on Iran and the kind of dialogue that Washington is willing to hold.