61.   Rona Fairhead will succeed Makinson, a move that gives Pearson two women in its top ranks, a rarity for a British company.

62.   Ryan was seen at the time as a broom to conduct a sweep of the top executive ranks of Prudential.

63.   Since he had promised committee chairmen that he would respect their authority this session, such overrides have created tension within the top ranks.

64.   Soon after, Schapiro appointed other senior women to the top ranks of NASDR.

65.   So Rossotti did something almost unheard of in the top ranks of government.

66.   Still some African-Americans have joined the top ranks of management.

67.   Still, no investment bank has broken into the top ranks of corporate lenders.

68.   That leaves just Dennis Martinez and Bob Wolcott, one ageless, one a struggling youth, but neither top rank in the best of circumstances.

69.   The agreement is being seen as a big boost for Macromedia, and could lift it into the top ranks of Internet companies along with Sun and Netscape Communications.

70.   The businesses being acquired will vault Ace into the top ranks of global commercial insurance giants.