But positive precedent wasn't kind to Stefan Edberg of Sweden, who fell despite wielding a 10-0 record against his opponent.

Diplomats said the meeting, the first of the center's consultative committee under the mechanism of "unusual military activities," was a positive precedent.

By letting your little girl know that she's valued and loved, you can establish a positive precedent for her subsequent male relationships.

This sets a positive and strong precedent for public officials: "gray" is not clean enough.

"The tribe understands that it needs to establish a good positive precedent here so people will do the ethical and moral thing and come forward," Mr. McBride said.

Bankers Trust officials said they were pleased by the 95-page decision handed down yesterday in London and argued that it was a positive precedent.

Thirdly, the success of this Stability Pact may well set a positive precedent for the East, with the Pact extended in the direction of the currently very unstable Caucasus.

I hope that this positive precedent will continue.

We also hope to create a positive precedent.

The positive precedent set by Moldova should be acknowledged and encouraged.