1.   The agency chief almost groaned with happiness.

2.   After meeting staff he has made a plea to agency chiefs to delay the transfer so that full consultations can take place.

3.   And in disputes with agency chiefs, the administrator is rarely overruled by the president.

4.   But Blumenthal said the charges against the two state agency chiefs were more serious.

5.   But the memo was taken as a gratuitous slap by agency chiefs.

6.   Gov. John G. Rowland has reprimanded two state agency chiefs for inviting their employees to a rally for Bob Dole before the presidential debate here on Sunday.

7.   MacDonald said the memo had been prepared days in advance, and touched up Wednesday afternoon just before its release to dozens of agency chiefs.

8.   Trial by fire is not unusual for transit agency chiefs.

9.   Vladeck, the Medicare agency chief who urges caution in remaking the program, works for Clinton.