41.  Goencz, a liberal, told state radio, taking an unusual public stand on domestic matters.

42.  He has taken strong public stands against violence.

43.  Her lone public stand is unprecedented in this predominantly Roman Catholic country, where nuns generally leave politics to the bishops.

44.  Like the United States, Russia has avoided taking a public stand on whether the new permanent members would also hold the veto power.

45.  On Friday, however, France appeared to toughen its public stand against Iraq.

46.  Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov also said the council should take a public stand regardless of Israeli and U.S. objections.

47.  The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games has avoided a public stand on the quarrel.

48.  The other permanent member, Britain, is a permanent council member, has avoided a public stand.

49.  Bubis asked the Polish-born pope to take a public stand on the planned building of a supermarket in front of the site.

50.  Tensions ran high on Monday as both the president and the rebels dug in on their clashing public stands.