1.   Budget directors are scratching their heads about how to deal with the shortfall.

2.   And two floors above him is the abandoned office of the budget director, Leonard Hellenbrand, who entered an early retirement program and left last month.

3.   And, as a former legislative aide and budget director, he was among the first of a growing wave of noneducators taking the helm of large school districts.

4.   Any day now, budget director Mitch Daniels will officially inform the American people that the nation has moved into deficit spending.

5.   As the executive branch officer who has worked most closely with him, Daniels, the budget director, has observed him firsthand.

6.   As the cabinet member who has worked most closely with him, Daniels, the budget director, has observed him firsthand.

7.   At a breakfast with reporters last week, White House budget director Mitch Daniels declined to discuss the budget or deficits in any detail.

8.   Before the maneuvering, Thomas F. McLarty III was listed in the lineup as chief of staff, Leon E. Panetta as budget director and David Gergen as counselor.

9.   -- Donna Arduin, a deputy in Michigan to Patricia A. Woodworth, the newly appointed budget director, was named deputy to the budget director.

10.   A bipartisan task force created by Pataki and headed by his budget director, Patricia Woodworth, has only begun assessing its immediate impact.