21.  In speeches over the past few days, envoys have laid out opening positions.

22.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Monday that his tough stance on peace talks with Syria was just an opening position.

23.  It was not clear whether Israel would stick to the conditions, and a senior U.S. diplomat said they should be considered an opening position only.

24.  Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov, in the opening position, stepped out of his triple toe loop and was marked down technically.

25.  Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov, in the unfortunate opening position, stepped out of his triple toe loop and was marked down technically.

26.  Seidemann said Israel is trying to improve its opening position in talks with the Palestinians on the final status of Jerusalem.

27.  Still, it was not clear whether Israel would stick to the conditions, and a senior U.S. diplomat said they should be considered an opening position only.

28.  Still, it was not clear whether Israel would stick to the conditions, and a senior U.S. diplomat said they should be considered as opening positions only.

29.  They have not budged from their opening position demanding that Israel withdraw from all of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

30.  U.S. officials said they viewed the Helms-Burton legislation, in its original form, as an opening position subject to change once it was fully discussed.