11.   Last week, Yeltsin formally dismissed Chubais as finance minister but let him retain the much more influential post of first deputy prime minister in charge of economic strategy.

12.   Rafsanjani was expected to be nominated by hard-line legislators for the influential post of parliamentary speaker.

13.   Several of his regional colleagues and pals still hold influential posts in Moscow as a result.

14.   Several of his regional colleagues hold influential posts in Moscow.

15.   Several of his regional colleagues still hold influential posts in Moscow as a result.

16.   Simultaneously, he booted some nationalists from influential posts.

17.   Simultaneously, he has booted nationalists from influential posts.

18.   The archbishop of New York is considered the most influential Catholic post in the United States.

19.   Vrdoljak still holds several other influential posts.

20.   He later joined Yeltsin in a coalition that helped the Russian leader win victory in the Russian election and was given the influential post of national security chief.