11.  He continues to like a trade pairing a long position in Sun Microsystems with a short position in EMC.

12.  However, traders looking to get out of long positions took advantage of early price improvement before sending the market lower.

13.  In Washington, D.C., Bill Lan Lee works as acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, a position long associated with African-Americans.

14.  In wheat trading, investors in commodity funds and commission houses who held long positions sold wheat contracts.

15.  Investors and banks create long positions by borrowing dollars in the hope the U.S. currency will rise further.

16.  It also has a few long positions.

17.  It is a position long argued, and one that has gathered momentum in recent years.

18.  It was a short run for a short man at a position not long on patience.

19.  Large commodity funds have been buying corn futures for weeks on speculation that prices would rise and probably are adding to their long positions, traders said.

20.  Physical delivery to traders holding long positions will be allocated on a pro-rata basis, according to the size of their positions.