1.  But toward the right, you get straight-ahead, Patton-like dedication to victory, and disciplined advocacy even of contradictory positions.

2.  Critics accused the Cardinal of maintaining seemingly contradictory positions.

3.  Moreover, he said, drug companies take contradictory positions.

4.  Political analysts say Kerry is taking a risk with his contradictory positions.

5.  Sometimes, polls find majorities favoring contradictory positions, so advocates can claim popular legitimacy for either stance.

6.  That is the ad that flashed various clips of Clinton taking contradictory positions on balancing the federal budget.

7.  The Chinese government has taken a somewhat contradictory position.

8.  The joint US-UN effort amounted to a compromise between contradictory positions that had left talks stalemated into the early hours of Tuesday.

9.  Despite the strong contradictory positions, U.N. officials hope international pressure will push both sides into compromise.

10.  Each side has offered contradictory positions on talks in the past, and there was no direct word Thursday from Mobutu or Kabila.