81.   Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation and named Lynch to fill in until a new bishop is appointed for the diocese.

82.   Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation on Thursday.

83.   President Bill Clinton formally accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher during a ceremony in the Rose Garden.

84.   President Bush, who appointed Hebert in January, accepted the resignation, which White House officials said was voluntary.

85.   President Clinton issued a statement accepting the resignation and praising Dalton.

86.   Schell accepted the resignation.

87.   Strangely, he did not cry when he was informed in July his resignation had been accepted by the National League.

88.   The AL then accepted the resignations of the nine umpires who did not revoke their resignations.

89.   The board accepted the resignation unanimously at a special meeting late Wednesday afternoon.

90.   The American League accepted the resignations of Drew Coble and Greg Kosc because they told the league orally they were resigning, a league official said Monday.