11.   Chernomyrdin does not hold a government position, and his role as envoy was probably not threatened, officials said.

12.   Clinton, he said, has appointed thousands and thousands of homosexuals into high government positions.

13.   Earlier, California Gov. Pete Wilson announced his state would end affirmative action hiring for government positions.

14.   Government positions are seen primarily as good business opportunities, and much of the foreign aid is siphoned off in corruption.

15.   He denied that this resulted in discrimination, even though top government positions usually require party membership.

16.   He said, too, that her past statements indicate that she would hire only Christians to fill state government positions.

17.   His first government position, his appointment as food supply minister, came barely three weeks after his release from Buchenwald.

18.   Huang and Mrs. Huang were also listed as solicitors of donations from Arief and Soraya Wiriadinata during the time Huang held his government position.

19.   Hun Sen then threw his backing behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar people with dual citizenship from holding government positions.

20.   In his most recent government position under President Vicente Fox, de la Calle received many delegations of U.S. businesses and state governors interested in business ties with Mexico.