31.   Compared with the rioting and bloodshed that forced Suharto to step down last May, the election could pass with relatively little violence.

32.   Company founder and Chairman Stuart Z. Levin stepped down Tuesday.

33.   Daiwa Securities Co. President Motoo Esaka will step down following a widening gangster payoff scandal that has forced mass resignations at three other major financial companies this year.

34.   Defense Secretary Les Aspin stepped down last year.

35.   Ellen Hancock, chief of technology at Apple, also stepped down Wednesday.

36.   Even after Silber steps down, Westling said he hoped Silber would still provide advice and help with fund-raising.

37.   Forty one top executives of the Big Four stepped down this year for alleged payments to Koike.

38.   Forty one top executives of the Big Four brokerages stepped down this year for alleged payments worth millions of dollars to a corporate racketeer.

39.   Fujimori has announced that he will step down next year after holding new elections and that he will abolish the National Intelligence Service.

40.   Gaut, who is still chairman of the board, was expected to step down Wednesday.