1.   About a month ago, executive vice president Tom Block resigned to take a job with an Internet company in New York.

2.   All that remains is to circle the bases, cross home plate, and resign to take on whatever task comes next.

3.   But others say Beasley would be interested in the seat himself and might resign to take it.

4.   Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank said today that President Katsuhiko Kondo, Chairman Tadashi Okuda and three other board members are resigning to take responsibility for the loans.

5.   Current Chairman Tsugio Yukihara and President Atsuo Miki will resign to take the blame for the recent scandal involving a payoff to a gangster.

6.   Dimel replaces Joe Tiller, who resigned to take the head-coaching job at Purdue.

7.   Dreyfus Corp. said Ernest Wiggins, manager of its flagship stock mutual fund, resigned to take a job at Equitable Securities Corp.

8.   Earlier today, the company said Chief Financial Officer John Sanford resigned to take a position with CDI Corp.

9.   Gonzales was hired last Tuesday by the Guadalupe Town Council to be its new town manager, replacing Enrique Serna, who resigned to take another job.

10.   He dismissed suggestions that he resign to take responsibility for the department-wide lapses.