Given a chance to come clean, why doesn't he just stand up and take a stance?

Another approach to this question is to take a strong stance on performance.

In this way, he knows where to take his stance.

It is about time the government took a strong stance on this.

But I do think the union's going to take a tough stance.

But some members on both sides of the issue took a similar stance.

However, it has taken a more independent stance over the last 30 years.

He would find somewhere high to take stance and think.

There are things to be done, at least to take a moral stance.

I don't think you're going to see us take a direct stance on that.