1.  China and France would probably take similar stands.

2.  Forbes took a similar stand.

3.  He has said he will take a similar stand if the base-closing commission recommends next year that the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery be shut.

4.  He said workers had checked similar stands in the store and at a warehouse in Oklahoma City.

5.  Reid took a similar stand.

6.  Sen. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, the general chairman of the Democratic Party, took a similar stand.

7.  The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation takes a similar stand.

8.  The standard does not allow the same principles for Mike Easler, a black coach for the Red Sox who was fired for taking a similar stand as Anderson.

9.  There are hundreds of small-business people across the country who are taking similar stands.

10.  There is the brick exterior and walls, the forest green seats and railing, the luxury suites, the similar light stands.