41.  If Delta seeks a link with America West, it would be drawn chiefly by the lure of a stronger position in the Southwest.

42.  In a Green-Ferrer runoff, Green would appear to be in a stronger position.

43.  In dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia said the court should have taken a stronger position protecting employers from lawsuits over seniority systems.

44.  In another sense, though, companies without TV networks or cable divisions may be in a stronger position to weather the early months of a strike.

45.  In theory, he should now be in a stronger position to push through reforms aimed at deregulating the German economy that the left wing of his party opposes.

46.  Israeli holds a clear military advantage in the region, and a rearmed Syria would hold a stronger position in any peace talks.

47.  Just a year after being written off by pundits as politically irrelevant, the president is in a far stronger position than most Democrats could have imagined.

48.  KLM is suddenly in a stronger position to explore partnerships now that it has resolved a long-running feud with its U.S. partner, Northwest Airlines.

49.  Kinsella said Schneider was probably using its stronger legal position as a bargaining chip with potential suitors.

50.  Other analysts insisted that the guerrillas were attempting to put themselves in a stronger negotiating position for eventual talks and predicted that the next year will be especially bloody.