21.   Last week, Barbara Silverstein, the special assistant for the OSHA ergonomic program, left the agency.

22.   No longer a Cold War prize, Afghanistan has been abandoned by its former suitors, leaving aid agencies to cope with the bloody aftermath of failed foreign policy.

23.   None were forced to leave the agency over the Ames case, Woolsey said.

24.   On Monday, another client, Sun Microsystems, left the agency, citing a conflict with the account of a second high-technology marketer, Dell Computer.

25.   Sandmore leaves her agency and, with three other agents, sets up her own boutique agency.

26.   She has returned to Creative Artists, two years after leaving that agency for William Morris and then ICM.

27.   So it seems a client can express loyalty by leaving an agency.

28.   Soon after, Hammond finalized plans to leave the agency, joining a small exodus in the past few years of top personnel.

29.   That will leave the agency with one year to test the new system.

30.   The action left the agency in limbo as its reserves dwindle and economic crises mount around the world.