1.  But because the issue of brain death is so sensitive, parties did not take an official stand and asked members to vote their consciences.

2.  He has pressed for release of political prisoners and for China to reassess its official stand on the events related to the Tiananmen crackdown.

3.  Schultink said that UNICEF currently does not have an official stand on genetically altered food.

4.  So far, Gov. Pete Wilson has taken no official stand on most of the new measures, but he has generally looked with favor on get-tough anticrime initiatives.

5.  The Amherst School Committee has taken no official stand on the exhibit.

6.  The parent letter calls for the board to take an official stand opposing the initiative.

7.  The United States has yet to take an official stand against suspected doping.

8.  However, as a leading politician, he could not take an official stand in the matter.

9.  Hundreds of people at the official stands, most of them relatives of military officers, loudly cheered and applauded Pinochet.

10.  North Korea so far has taken no official stand on the proposed sharing, suggested by South Korea and endorsed by FIFA last year.