David C. Flanagan, a commission spokesman, said the agency had not taken a position favoring one line over the other.

The direct route to Knoxville ran through the Cumberland Gap, a position strongly favoring the Confederate defenders.

His strong position favoring sanctions against South Africa puts him at odds not only with the Reagan Administration but also with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain.

In one day he was told by a beer-clutching middle-aged man to "kill" his opponent and by an elderly woman that his position generally favoring abortion rights amounts to murder.

The effect has been to distance himself from a position favoring abortion rights that he espoused when he ran for mayor of New York City, where most voters favor abortion rights.

Possibly because of Stone's unpopular position favoring a binational Palestine.

Although Avenir Suisse's positions, generally favoring deregulation and a reduction of government intervention, are usually not received enthusiastically in mainstream Swiss politics, they do tend to generate substantial media attention.

Economic interventionism (sometimes state interventionism) is an economic position favoring interventions in the market in the public interest on behalf of the government.

Mr. Kerry has also at times taken positions favoring the interests of telecommunications and cable clients of the Boston law firm where his brother, Cameron F. Kerry, is a partner.