1.   His government posts included financial secretary to the Treasury, paymaster-general, and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

2.   His other teaching posts included adjunct professor of social policy at NYU and lecturer in psychology at the New School for Social Research.

3.   Other posts he held include the Nice Opera and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice.

4.   Other posts included Midwest division president and, most recently, group president of the Mid-South and Southern divisions.

5.   Others reported to be under consideration for the HUD post include Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Development Andrew Cuomo.

6.   Others reported to be under consideration for the HUD post include Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and HUD Assistant Secretary Andrew Cuomo.

7.   Posts often include finials, most often in the shape of acorns, urns or spheres.

8.   The posts include the presidency, seats in the National Assembly, governorships, mayoralties, and memberships in several lesser-known local and national councils.

9.   Her posts have included Hong Kong, Thailand, Tunisia and Iraq.

10.   Newly-created posts include the Ministry for Integration and the Fight Against Exclusion, headed by Eric Raoult, a long-time Chirac loyalist.