31.  On Monday, the Vatican issued its strongest denunciation of the American position, which permits but does not encourage abortion.

32.  Only Great Britain unequivocally supports the American position.

33.  On Thursday, Levitte did not disguise his distaste for the American position.

34.  Russia, which considers Serbia a Slavic ally, has strongly resisted the American position in the contact group, insisting that only the United Nations can impose sanctions.

35.  Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other senior officials have expressed the carefully worded three-part American position on this trip and on other occasions.

36.  Shah said Wednesday that the American position on the number of seats needed more discussion.

37.  She said the American position could help build a consensus on the relationship of population growth to poverty and economic development.

38.  She says the bill would also undermine U.S. authority in the Security Council and weaken the American position throughout the U.N. system.

39.  Some delegates from developing countries even expressed the belief that he had orchestrated the sometimes violent street protests in Seattle to justify the American position.

40.  That was contrary to the hard-line American position to use sanctions to force the tyrant from power.