1.   A bank spokesman, who declined to be identified, on Saturday denied the officials would resign.

2.   Earlier this year, four other top officials either resigned or were discharged.

3.   He emphasized that Whitewater and offshoot issues pursued in separate criminal inquiries had seen nine people plead guilty to various charges, and several administration officials resign.

4.   In the past two months, two top Scitex officials have resigned.

5.   Missouri law says a state official must resign upon sentencing if convicted of a crime related to misconduct in office.

6.   Occasionally American officials resign on a matter of principle.

7.   One official already has resigned his post in protest.

8.   Several senior Egyptian officials resign and Syria declares a day of mourning.

9.   Several mid-level officials resigned from the State Department in the Bush and Clinton administrations because, they said, they objected to the Bosnia policy.

10.   Several key officials have resigned or arranged for leaves of absences from the agency in recent months.