21.  The last thing he wants to do as he gallops toward the presidency is to take a clear and unequivocal principled stand on abortion.

22.  They adopted a principled stand against market interference.

23.  They see his opposition to the Compaq merger as a principled stand against a deal he regards as a bad one.

24.  This is a principled stand, even though it is unlikely to have much impact given the strength of the pro-death-penalty position among lawmakers.

25.  This is one time the Clintonian habit of compromise needs to be resisted in favor of the principled stand of Senators Kerrey and Lugar.

26.  Yes, I am gratified that the regents have at long last taken a principled public stand.

27.  But Syrian Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe said Syria was taking a principled stand against a resolution which it believed did not go far enough in condemning Israel.

28.  Khalil Haddadin, a Jordanian MP, said earlier that his delegation would express principled stands on Arab and Iraqi causes on behalf of all Jordanians.