1.   SunSelect general manager, Carl Ledbetter, takes the reins of the combined unit.

2.   Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting.

3.   After the president resigned, the vice president stepped in and took the reins of the company.

4.   And Enrico, a creative executive who took the reins in April, may spring more ideas to trim the business and raise cash.

5.   Audra J. Barranco, another equity analyst, will take the reins of Fidelity Select Chemicals on Monday from John Avery, who continues managing Fidelity Select Regional Banks.

6.   Before Gov. Bush took the reins of the Dole campaign, the effort was being run by Dallas oilman T. Boone Pickens and Dallas publisher Richard Collins.

7.   Bedie was overthrown on Friday when Guei, a former armed-forces chief, took the reins of power after troops mutinied.

8.   A tall, quiet man known for being calm under pressure, he took the reins of the business school at the height of unrest during the Vietnam War.

9.   A week after Milosevic resigned in the face of a popular uprising, Kostunica is still battling to take the reins of power.

10.   After taking the reins at Galeries Lafayette, Meyer directed the company on an aggressive path of expansion.