31.   Di Francesco, R-Scotch Plains, was the acting governor during the three hours Mrs. Whitman was in the operating room.

32.   DiFrancesco, a genial Statehouse fixture who is also the State Senate president, has had a tough time since becoming acting governor earlier this year.

33.   Donald T. DiFrancesco, the Democratic president of the New Jersey Senate, will become acting governor.

34.   Donald T. DiFrancesco, the acting governor, had just withdrawn from the race in a hailstorm of criticism over his legal ethics and business dealings.

35.   DiFrancesco said he would stay on as acting governor for the rest of the year but would not file to run for re-election to his Senate seat.

36.   Ellis has served as acting governor during three previous executions, including one Wednesday evening.

37.   Early Thursday afternoon, Schundler bolted from an elevator when someone mistakenly thought he had spotted the acting governor.

38.   For instance, the acting governor of Kunduz Province, Abdul Latif Ibrahimi, is driven through the province in a Halo Trust Land Rover.

39.   Given the agreement between Bryant and the acting governor, who is also the State Senate president, the Legislature is expected to be approved.

40.   Gormley would say only that the committee had briefed the acting governor on the hearings.