1.   And all of those positions, Green said, have been designated as the one that should step up to acting mayor in case of a vacancy.

2.   Anisimov was described as reminding the acting mayor that his oil is exceptionally viscous and waxy.

3.   At an emergency meeting Friday evening, the City Council named its president, Gwendolyn A. Faison, as acting mayor.

4.   Acting mayor was not supposed to be that tough a duty.

5.   Council President John Ferraro, who normally would take over as acting mayor, is out of town on vacation.

6.   For Caligiuri, a corporate lawyer who became acting mayor because he was president of the Board of Aldermen, it was the second strange Thursday in a row.

7.   He was both a city councilman and acting mayor in his native Quincy.

8.   Public Advocate Mark Green, no pal, could steal the limelight by serving as acting mayor.

9.   Somebody fired one in Belgrade, Serbia, last week, and injured the acting mayor during a big basketball game between Red Star and Partizan.

10.   That is, acting mayor.