1.   A charge never specifically stated but broadly suggested by lawyers for the plaintiffs is that the clerical hierarchy not only ignored complaints against Kos but covered up for him.

2.   But the demonstrators in Isfahan, with strong backing from the clerical hierarchy, are again trying to stop theater owners from showing the movie.

3.   In an interview late Friday, Bennett agreed that the four had reached a consensus on the need for an unflinching review of the clerical hierarchy.

4.   It was not a clerical hierarchy.

5.   The black market for videos, music, and alcohol banned by the clerical hierarchy flourishes.

6.   Ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who owes his position to the clerical hierarchy.

7.   Differences inside the ruling clerical hierarchy were never publicly aired during past Iranian elections.

8.   Nateq-Nouri, a cleric, is backed by ultra-conservatives inside the ruling clerical hierarchy, which favors absolute religious rule but a laissez-faire economy.

9.   Nateq-Nouri is backed by ultra-conservatives inside the ruling clerical hierarchy, which favors absolute religious rule but a laissez faire economy.

10.   The rally came amid a power struggle between moderate and hard-line leaders inside the ruling clerical hierarchy.