11.   Birmingham said he thought he could find common ground with Finneran but never the acting governor.

12.   Both Finneran and Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham, while saying they wish Cellucci well, said the new acting governor should not expect a honeymoon from the Legislature.

13.   A spokesman for Cellucci said Tuesday that the acting governor had not really changed his point of view over the years.

14.   After defending the acting governor this week, though, Manning could feel public sentiment turning.

15.   Both Gormley and DiFrancesco, who is the Senate president as well as acting governor, were strong advocates for Verniero when he was nominated to the court.

16.   But Haidar Irshid, the acting governor of Jenin and its environs, said the Palestinian violence only followed Israeli belligerence.

17.   But the acting governor did not appear, and the committee held his bill.

18.   But the numbers reveal that the acting governor is benefiting from a patronage system that has placed scores of workers in state jobs.

19.   But the acting governor also expressed frustration that several years of talk about a new stadium had not resulted in the laying of a single brick.

20.   But the title of acting governor soon proved to be a great burden to DiFrancesco, who had never been closely examined by the news media.