Chairman Martin really seems to think that he's taking a principled stand right now.
Catholic institutions are making a principled stand for what they see as the sanctity of life.
The real moral crusade would be to take a principled stand against injustice.
Its principled stand, meanwhile, has already been forgotten, and it has gotten next to no support from any other foreign companies.
Mr Gephardt, meanwhile, did not hesitate to present his resistance to fast track as a principled stand against globalisation and all its works.
This time, however, Mr Neumann's principled stand did not bring victory.
His principled stand lost him nearly half his assets under management due to client defections, but those that stuck with him did well in the bear market that followed.
Belatedly, Mr Blair seems to acknowledge that he should be seen to make a principled stand over the treatment of these men, but he sounds too much like a timid supplicant.
Remember, this is the man who has taken a principled stand against Democrats taking corporate money via super PACs, even thought it is now legal, simply because he thinks it is wrong.
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If he is rejected, the message to future public servants will be clear -- never rock the boat, always go along with the majority, never stake out an independent position, never take a principled stand and above all, never annoy a powerful enemy.
If they made a more principled and consistent stand against intolerance regardless of its source, it might improve understanding for their concerns and help better present their case.
Google has taken a principled and somewhat lonely stand in favor of open video standards, with most other technology companies pushing for the proprietary H.264 standard, which would enrich patent holders but harm open source software.
The Republican leadership has taken, so far, a no new taxes stand that is principled and practical.
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King defended his stand on Katrina as a principled vote that is easier to support if you understood where the money was being spent.
Ms Livni's stand is similarly expedient as well as principled.
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