51.  Such optimism is the official position of the National Christmas Tree Association, which has been nervously conducting nationwide sales surveys.

52.  Testers in Atlanta will be armed with the latest drug-testing equipment and methodology, and the official position holds that doping is under control.

53.  Such wording, if approved, would go beyond previous official European positions and anything said up to now by the United States about Palestinian statehood.

54.  That is not the official position.

55.  The act prohibited federal employees from holding official positions in federal campaigns and from engaging in certain political activities, such as holding signs at campaign rallies.

56.  The American Medical Association, a respected authority that could provide leadership on the issue, takes a rather murky official position.

57.  The American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association have no official positions on the race question.

58.  The CBC has not taken an official position on the bill, however.

59.  The Catholic Church has taken no official position on that case.

60.  The commission has yet to take an official position on the purchase.