31.  Until now, both sides have stuck rigidly to their opening positions.

32.  But in all negotiations, opening positions tend to change by the time a final accord is reached, Peres cautioned.

33.  Dealers said participants refrained from opening new positions in the dollar-yen market ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later in the day.

34.  Dealers said participants refrained from opening new positions in the dollar-yen market ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday.

35.  The Palestinians rejected the idea, it said, but the newspaper quoted a senior Israeli figure as saying this was simply their opening negotiating position.

36.  There has been much conjecture about the opening positions.

37.  They want us to accept their opening positions before the negotiations start.

38.  We have our opening position...If the Syrian leader does not compromise, he will not have peace.

39.  The opening positions on the issue of Jerusalem were also fundamentally opposed.