His opponents, who have maintained a stance they call "no guns, no government," say it does not.
Having maintained a stance of nonviolence through three decades of Mubarak's repression, the Muslim Brotherhood had broken this principle within months of winning the Presidency.
Politicians and the media in Sweden have maintained a stance unique in Europe in shunning the Sweden Democrats, excluding them from political debate and directing fierce criticism at anyone who suggests that the country's asylum policy is a problem.
Mr. Suozzi, 43, has maintained a public stance of concentrating on governing Nassau.
The economics thinktank has maintained a neutral stance despite its chairman – the Telegraph columnist Roger Bootle – being a Brexit supporter.
At the same time, he has maintained a defiant stance toward Madrid, telling the BBC recently that "hell will freeze over" before Gibraltar removes the concrete reef.
The prime minister's office declined to comment on Andrews's letter, but the federal government has maintained a resolute stance on its offshore policies.
The decision by the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was an unusual about-face for the Iranian hierarchy, which has maintained a public stance of stoicism on the sanctions, imposed in response to Iran's suspect nuclear energy program.
Publicly, Mr. Strauss-Kahn has maintained a confident stance, issuing statements that the fund stands ready to help countries and giving what staff members described as a rousing speech during its recent annual meeting.
The apparent inconsistencies came into focus when the Supreme Court -- one player in the online pornography wars that has maintained a consistent stance on filters -- handed down its decision in the A.C.L.U.'s challenge to the Child Online Protection Act.
