City's position of financial strength enables them to take a firm position.
"He recognised that the festival had to take a firm position in regards to his comments".
Mr. Fernandes staked out a firm position, spelling out two conditions for withdrawing India's troops.
And so it is, for better or worse, that she rarely takes a firm position about her subject.
Mr. Vallone and Mr. Badillo oppose gay marriages, while Mr. Bloomberg has not taken a firm position.
Clearly the Authors Guild wants to take a firm position early about the emerging technology, but this campaign seems misguided.
Of course, it's easy for me to take a firm position on a controversial subject like this.
Combining these results with a relatively low price per launch and short deployment time gives a possibility to establish a firm position on the dynamic market.
When a negotiator realizes that staking a firm position was a mistake, the prospect of an embarrassing surrender could make him even more resistant to backing down.
But is she overplaying her hand by taking such a firm position on the small, if symbolic, matter of the oath?
In response to the Times questionnaire, Ms. Quinn said that she had not taken a firm position because a formal stadium proposal had yet to be submitted.
