The divergent position of the United States is generally agreed to weaken its trading position.

The talks made little progress because of the divergent positions of the two sides.

The defense and prosecution indicated that they would use the report to bolster their divergent positions.

It was unclear tonight whether they would support the plan, abstain or adopt divergent positions if the vote is taken by the Council's 15 members.

Their divergent positions on such issues remain sharp points of disagreement.

The statement clearly represented an attempt to balance the widely divergent positions of member states.

Environmental groups have taken wildly divergent positions on the issue.

He referred to the divergent positions as a "slight difference of emphasis."

People's Christian convictions can lead them to adopt quite divergent political positions, but they should in any case respect each other's.

What different interests did these divergent positions reflect?