51.   He is almost certain to step down next March along with several other high officials.

52.   He is serving on boards of or directly involved with four companies and will step down this month as the director of a fifth, Allaire Corp. of Cambridge.

53.   He stepped down last April.

54.   He succeeded George J. Collins, who stepped down earlier this month.

55.   Henrot, former chief executive of Compagnie Bancaire SA, accepted the top France Telecom job in late August and stepped down last week after just a week.

56.   Hess stepped down only two years ago as the day-to-day head of Amerada Hess Corp., but is still in the office daily.

57.   Hodac stepped down last month after growing public protests against his appointment brought tens of thousands of demonstrators into the streets.

58.   His successor, Rich Kotite, stepped down last week after two miserable seasons.

59.   If a worse-than-expected showing by the socialist party pressures Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama to step down, stock prices may fall, they said.

60.   If accused by the Senate, Samper would have to step down pending a judicial trial by the Supreme Court.