1.  One way of summarizing the American position is to state that we value originality and independence more than the Chinese do.

2.  Always looming are strains with Iran and Iraq, outlaw nations working to expand their global influence, undermine American positions and develop weapons of mass destruction.

3.  Among companies that suffer most directly from Chinese piracy, support for the American position was strong.

4.  An administration official who requested anonymity said before the meeting that Bush would deliver a written outline of the American position that included a strong caution to Putin.

5.  Anderson had said before the session that he feared the American position would undermine the climate-change battle altogether.

6.  At the same time, the American position on doping fell under attack again.

7.  Albright repeated the public American position, which is that Clinton will see Netanyahu when their schedules permit.

8.  But hard-line advocates of the ban on land mines said the proposals did not represent a significant change in the American position.

9.  But he reiterated the American position that sanctions could not be lifted until Iraqi arms programs had been rendered harmless.

10.  But damage had been done, even though the American position could have been interpreted many ways.