Appeals courts often find that such charges may have coerced some jurors into abandoning their views of the evidence.

But lately, members of the council have been concerned that Mr. Clinton has abandoned their views on many issues since taking office.

Chartier had abandoned his earlier libertarian views by the time he entered graduate school.

Mr. Greenspan gave no indication that he was abandoning his views about technology and productivity.

From 1907 he began to abandon his radical views and was drawn increasingly towards the Orthodox Church.

After a falling-out with Trotsky, however, he abandoned his leftist views.

"We knew perfectly well that he would not abandon his radical Islamic views."

In 1846 he abandoned his democratic views, and was elected liberal deputy for Marseille.

"The point of the matter is I've never abandoned my views and philosophy," he said.

Its plot involves a British politician who rises to power, abandoning on the way his radical views for more conservative ones.