1.   As the last British governor of Hong Kong, Patten knows the complexity of managing historic change.

2.   Bullock, often portrayed as the most powerful public official in Texas, also said working with Bush would be easier than the last Republican governor, Bill Clements.

3.   Democratic Gov. Dolph Briscoe was the last governor to win re-election to consecutive terms.

4.   During her week, she is soliciting the views of the last colonialists, including the last governor, Chris Patten.

5.   Even Chris Patten, the last British governor here, entered the fray.

6.   Gov. Dolph Briscoe, the last incumbent governor to be re-elected, served a two-year term and a four-year term.

7.   He traces his ancestry to Thomas Hinckley, who was the last governor of Plymouth Colony.

8.   Killian recalls the last powerful governor, Democrat Bruce Babbitt.

9.   Like Jimmy Carter, the last Southern governor to prove the efficacy of the Peter Principle, Bill Clinton by all accounts is in big trouble.

10.   Mike Hayden, the last Kansas governor with young kids at Cedar Crest, said the Graveses face no easy chore.