The moderator gave him several opportunities to modify his stance and soften his words, but Jordan ignored them.
In the 1980s, however, he modified his stance and advocated greater economic contacts between western and eastern Europe.
Miliband refused to modify his stance as he faced further dissent from the floor during a 20-minute question and answer session with delegates.
Trump has since modified his stance on the EPA, stressing that he supports clean air and "crystal clear, crystal clean" water but not programs that combat climate change.
As the Voting Rights Act changed the composition of the South Carolina electorate - black registrations rose by 100,000 within a year - so its senior senator began to modify his stance.
Mr. Anderson, the spokesman, said Mr. Graham had since modified his stance, but only because he had been told by experts that the United States could get around the ban if it chose to do so, even with the current legal strictures.
It's telling that Greenspan himself has modified his stance.
But he says he's modified his stance on gun legislation and become an ally in the fight for stricter gun laws.
Jacobs later modified his position.
Mr. Kushner appears to be modifying his centrist stances.
And there is an unforgettable description of Mr Ahern wandering the streets of his native Dublin late at night and resolving to change his mind and modify his original stance on "strand two".
