11.   But at his meeting with parliamentary leaders Tuesday, Putin acted like a man in command.

12.   But parliamentary leaders, who have been locked in a bitter battle with Lukashenko and have pushed to impeach him, insisted they would not cooperate.

13.   But parliamentary leader Jose Maria Gil-Robles dismissed suggestions that the elected representatives had fumbled a chance to make unelected bureaucrats more accountable to European voters.

14.   Clinton also will hold talks with Yeltsin, Chernomyrdin and opposition parliamentary leaders.

15.   Chernomyrdin has been negotiating with Russian parliamentary leaders, including the Communist Party, on a broad economic and political strategy for recovery.

16.   Deborah Grey resigned as deputy parliamentary leader and Chuck Strahl as caucus chairman to signal a lack of confidence in Day as official opposition leader.

17.   Earlier in the week, some parliamentary leaders dismissed Kiriyenko as too inexperienced and said he would stand little chance of approval.

18.   FDP parliamentary leader Otto Solms today pledged to press for scaling back job protection in most small companies, which is seen as deterring hiring.

19.   Gingrich sought to overcome this by being a strong speaker, in the mold of a parliamentary leader.

20.   Grigory A. Yavlinsky, a Russian parliamentary leader, for instance, described his keen disappointment in the way the Bush administration was treating Russia.