11.  He had scared Democrats who are trying to fashion a centrist position that dodges affirmative action.

12.  He would have been wiser, Connolly said, to have taken a more centrist position like that of fellow Republican Rep. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas.

13.  He structured his speech to address issues important to them and to amplify the centrist positions that those voters are most likely to embrace.

14.  If Democrats lose, some liberals will likely blame Gore for moderating his stands, but others will say he did not go far enough in advocating centrist positions.

15.  If it passes, the motion could move the Republican party towards a more centrist position on the environment.

16.  In fact, political insiders had been saying the country is moving to a more centrist position, with party identity meaning less and less to people.

17.  In doing so, the president picked mainstream economists and once again found himself pushed by political events into a centrist position.

18.  Rather, he took a firmly centrist position on both the Revolution and contemporary politics.

19.  The effort was designed to convince the public that support for the treaty was the centrist position.

20.  The event moved the politically conservative Papa to a more centrist position, and hardened his resolve to do what he thought was good.