And, to the Turks, it puts the union in the invidious position of demanding that Turkey keep its word when it has not kept its own.
Senate Democrats who have excoriated the administration as abusing its executive power were in the odd position of demanding an investigation by the executive branch into actions of Congress.
The broad coalition currently facing Mr. Assad would first have to publicly lay out a grand bargain that retreats from the position of demanding that he step down immediately.
The country's political and business elite is finding itself in a position of "more demand for less money", says Ms Orlova.
Israel, criticized for years for ignoring United Nations resolutions demanding its withdrawal from Lebanon, is now in the peculiar position of virtually demanding that the Security Council impose tough and specific conditions on the withdrawal.
Now that credit is scarce, banks with big balance-sheets are in a stronger position to demand more of the juicy business if clients want to keep borrowing.
These laws limit hours, increase benefits and make it expensive and time-consuming to sack staff, even if they are unproductive or dishonest.Migrants, particularly undocumented ones, are not usually in a position to demand any of these new rights.
Because telecommunications assets were so sought after in the late 1990's, sellers were in a position to demand a kind of insurance to protect them if the shares they received later declined in value.
Caldwell is not presently in a position to demand any kind of style – he would be happy to take whatever sort of win might come along – and if he finds himself in League One the players at his disposal and the brand of football required will both be a long way from standards set by Martínez in the Premier League era.
With nine cities actively seeking the 2012 Games, the IOC is in a position to demand the construction of world-class facilities, not just for track and field, but for relatively minor events like archery and team handball.
