He endured the wrath of city police unions over his principled stand against costly legislation to change the way labor disputes are resolved.

There has been little confusion over Thompson's stand on the issue.

And some Palestinian leaders have begun bickering among themselves over their present stand.

Elizabeth picked up the wig Maria had flung onto the dressing table and fit it over its stand.

West German politicians said today that the governing coalition was torn by a bitter struggle over its stand on short-range nuclear weapons.

Thus, the confusion over his stand on the conference is potentially damaging to him politically.

The judge held her gavel over its stand.

And today the director of the Indian affairs bureau resigned in protest over the government's stand in the whole affair.

Finally, eight years later, the engines were furnished with protective roofs over the driver's stand.

Everyone has a favorite theory: One is that Catholics give less because they are angry over the Pope's stand on birth control.