1.   And when they and white women do enter the top ranks, white males remain better paid.

2.   As an experienced attorney, the Los Angeles woman had just entered the ranks of the unemployed when the quake hit.

3.   Affable government ministers, diplomats, doctors and even a president or two have entered the ranks of the immortals.

4.   Bruce Rosenthal, a spokesman for the Maryland-based National Foundation for Women Business, said the program will help more women enter the ranks of entrepreneurship.

5.   But he ruled out a merger with another medium-sized firm to try to enter the ranks of the Big Five.

6.   For two decades, boomers have entered the ranks of parenthood and clamored for child-care help from employers.

7.   Frames have entered the ranks of serious design in recent years, with a welcome emphasis on form that deftly balances years of attention lavished on function.

8.   Military investigators said they thoroughly check the backgrounds of recruits and doubt that many gang members could be entering their ranks.

9.   More recently, recruits entered police ranks after years of military training.

10.   On Tuesday in Madrid, Spain, the Western alliance invited Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary to enter its ranks.