1.  Advisers to Gore said his statement Thursday stemmed logically from his earlier position that the matter should be treated as a custody case.

2.  After this case was dismissed, Baker reverted to his earlier position that it would be deeply wrong to have the election decided by a judge.

3.  But advocates who have lobbied Kerry on the issue said the vote was a departure from his earlier positions.

4.  Bush should embrace this earlier position and join Norwood in expressing second thoughts about the hastily drafted Bush-Norwood deal.

5.  But other Democrats noted that Norton had repudiated her earlier positions and had pledged to enforce some of the environmental laws she had previously challenged.

6.  I watch her as I abandon the arrogance of my earlier position and slip my feet onto the floor.

7.  In a statement published on Monday, the insurgents insisted again that government forces must withdraw to their earlier positions before new peace talks can begin.

8.  In a communique published on Monday, the insurgents insisted again that government forces must withdraw to their earlier positions before any new peace talks can begin.

9.  In doing so, he has shifted away from earlier positions, most notably his previous opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest.

10.  In stepping down from its earlier position, the Pataki camp was acknowledging that it needed to reinvigorate his campaign.