1.   And it will be hard for Clintonites to pin the partisan Starr on new independent counsel Robert Ray, who until recently was a registered Democrat.

2.   At Time Inc., which is now searching for a new general counsel, the general counsel reports to the chief financial officer.

3.   A new independent counsel will be appointed to complete the final part of the investigation.

4.   A new independent counsel would pose problems for both Clinton and Gore.

5.   Administration officials see him as a runaway prosecutor and Exhibit A for why she should shy away from seeking any new independent counsels.

6.   All of this develops as the White House staff is reeling from the Whitewater probe and the appointment of a new independent counsel to head it.

7.   But now we have an independent counsel law, and so a panel of judges has appointed a new counsel.

8.   But Perlo said Avanesian demanded through an interpreter that Perlo be replaced with new counsel.

9.   By then, she must decide whether to seek the appointment of a new counsel to investigate fund-raising telephone calls by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

10.   By that standard, the Starr appointment cannot stand, nor should Sentelle participate in the naming of a new counsel.