21.   The two are battling over influence in the World Trade Organization, specifically about who heads the agency.

22.   Thompson, in keeping both posts, would have been in the unusual position of heading two agencies that seek high-dollar funding from Congress.

23.   Until a new executive director is selected, Anthony Shorris, the first deputy executive director, is heading the agency.

24.   Vito Catalano, who headed that agency, recently joined Greenstone Roberts as senior vice president.

25.   Yates noted that both Bennett and Mrs. Cheney had testified in support of the humanities endowment when they headed the agency under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush.

26.   Administration officials said he lacked sufficient stature to head the agency that plays the lead role in handling international financial crises.

27.   Amanah Merchant Bank Bhd executive director Mohamed Azman Yahya, who will head the agency, has pledged full disclosure and transparency in the activities of the AMC.

28.   Appointed by former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson, she was the first woman to head the agency.

29.   Boutros-Ghali reportedly has indicated that he would like a woman to head the agency, and at least two European women have been put forward as candidates.

30.   But Samaranch and other IOC officials refused to rule out that he could head the agency.