1.   In partial deference to that pOtential backlash, current incumbents did not actively seek committee endorsement.

2.   He has named a new vice president with each election, and a chief virtue of the current incumbent, Try Sutrisno, is said to be his blandness.

3.   His new ranking virtually confirmed that he will become prime minister when the term of the current incumbent, Li Peng, expires next March.

4.   Neither New York City nor the nation has ever postponed the transfer of power because the public was convinced it could not get along without the current incumbent.

5.   The appeals court decision could clear the way for many former lawmakers, or current incumbents, to seek re-election next year.

6.   The current incumbent is Valery Zubov, a former sociology professor who spent two years teaching at the University of Oklahoma.

7.   Would the Keebler Elves do a job inferior to that done by the current incumbents?

8.   Renato Ruggiero, the current incumbent, wants to step down in April.

9.   The current incumbent, Renato Ruggiero of Italy, wants to step down by April.

10.   The current incumbent is Lord Irving, a close friend of Prime Minister Tony Blair.