1.  The choice of splashdown into the ocean rather than a land-based return was forced by the geographic position of the launch site.

2.  The military had placed the island city in the best possible defense posture, considering the inherent weakness of its geographic position.

3.  By reason of size, geographic position, economic potential and military strength, they are capable of influencing American welfare for good or ill.

4.  In the future, the struggle for information may assume the place a contest for geographic position took in the past.

5.  It does this by its detailed grasp of the so-called solar ephemeris, the geographic position of sun as a function of time of day.

6.  Its vast oil reserves, geographic position in Central Asia and commitment to developing an open, market-based economy give the country added diplomatic clout.

7.  The site here, its privileged geographic position notwithstanding, is not the only one seeking a share of any satellite wealth.

8.  The United States has never regarded Algeria as strategically significant, notwithstanding its oil and natural gas reserves and its key geographic position in the western Mediterranean.

9.  Bulgaria also seeks to capitalize on its geographic position on a main trade route between Europe and Asia.

10.  He did not name countries, but given its geographic position, Hungary is keen on seeing Slovenia admitted into NATO.