11.  She backed up her often controversial positions with a moral conviction and physical fortitude that lent her a lasting grandeur.

12.  Some of his material led him to take controversial positions.

13.  The Leggett decision shows that Harmon is willing to stake out a controversial position.

14.  Willam Safire, a conservative columnist for The New York Times, wrote Thursday that in avoiding controversial positions, Republicans sapped vitality from the political process.

15.  Companies worry about any athlete who takes a controversial position, much less one as touchy as homosexuality.

16.  Schuessel warned western nations against publicly discussing controversial positions on how to deal with the situation in Kosovo, saying it sends the wrong signal to the Serbs.