1.   Levada was a rising and ambitious figure within the conservative ranks of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

2.   She has pledged to reduce pay differentials to single figures within five years by making pay more transparent through annual surveys.

3.   Throughout the year numerous former senior figures within failed thrifts were indicted.

4.   Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov spent close to a month holding consultations on the reshuffle with key figures within the increasingly fractionalized ruling coalition, the Union of Democratic Forces.

5.   Anstrom is a well-respected figure within the cable TV industry.

6.   Armand is a familiar background figure within the tableau of revolutionary events.

7.   At the time of his death, he had become something of a marginal figure even within the fringe art world he called home.

8.   By then, the basketball program had become nationally known, and Lorch had become a powerful figure within the basketball industry.

9.   Chevedden, a well-known figure within the small world of shareholder activists, had pushed votes on two nonbinding issues that go to the heart of democratic corporate governance.

10.   He also has been such a dominating figure within the party that moderates and conservatives alike directed their anger at him, rather than each other.