Sentence examples for past stance from inspiring English sources

AT&T has framed this as part of the Net Neutrality debate, though given their past stance on the issue it's hard not to take their arguments with a grain of salt.

Compared to the past stance of the Fed -- priority for cutting inflation, capture by bankers -- this is good news.

Despite well-documented evidence that the casino mogul spoke in support of the ill-fated war in the lead-up to the invasion, reporters have repeatedly let the Republican presidential candidate tell a revisionist version of his past stance without pushing back on the claim. .

But like John Ashcroft, Mr. Bush's embattled attorney general choice, she said those past stances would not stand in the way of her carrying out her responsibilities.

In addressing this question, the private sector may have to rethink some of its assumptions, just as the left has modified its past stances.

In efforts to spur liberals to oppose the nomination, Mr. Hagel's critics have also focused on a comment he made in the late 1990s, opposing a Clinton administration ambassadorial nominee for being "openly, aggressively gay," and his past stances on gay rights issues.

Romney is aiming for a win that could ease persistent doubts among conservatives about his relatively moderate past stances and propel him toward clinching the nomination early.

On the same day, Udall hit the sole Republican working to unseat him, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo)., over the representative's past stances on marriage equality with a social media campaign featuring the twitter hashtag #TakingColoradoBackwards.

The gesture, unexpected and seemingly at odds with Netanyahu's past stances, was all the more jarring given that it follows months during which relations between Netanyahu's right-wing government and Israel's Arab citizens — who say they suffer from decades of government neglect — have become even more strained.

"YouTube is essentially saying to media companies, 'We are sorry for our past copyright stance; we weren't thinking big enough.

The Institute of Public Affairs has opposed tobacco control in the form of plain packaging in the past, a stance highly convenient to the tobacco companies that may have provided funding to it (the IPA has routinely refused to confirm the source of their funding).