1.   When Congress deemed this insufficient Shekhar, apparently concluding that Gandhi was anyway planning sooner or later to form his own Congress administration, submitted his resignation.

2.   The whole Cabinet immediately submitted their resignations, but Mamedov reportedly persuaded them to stay in their posts.

3.   Amid the speculation on Friday, Malan and Lopes both submitted their resignations to the president.

4.   Birch said Schwimmer had submitted her resignation before Monday, but declined to say when or disclose the reason she gave.

5.   A fallout last year with Justice Department officials greatly influenced his decision to submit his resignation, to take effect in two weeks, Johnston admitted.

6.   A majority of board members blame the mayor for hounding Cortines into submitting his resignation last June.

7.   A top Agriculture Department official who angered key congressional Republicans with her aggressive promotion of food stamps and new nutrition standards submitted her resignation Thursday.

8.   After his morning appearance before US District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, Reardon submitted his resignation to Gov. William F. Weld.

9.   Buerge submitted his resignation Friday, said Ed Hart, a Cam-Net corporate relations executive.

10.   But after he submitted his resignation as labor secretary in November, he said, he reread the journal, hoping for a cathartic experience.