1.   They include scrapping some top ranks and appointing chief officers for fixed terms although some of the more radical proposals have been rejected.

2.   And by that standard, Olson, like Smith and Williams, always has belonged in the very top rank among college coaches.

3.   And the Burundian army, the top ranks of which are almost entirely Tutsi, has resisted ceding power by creating a protection force of its own.

4.   And when they and white women do enter the top ranks, white males remain better paid.

5.   Armey is the first Texan to reach the top ranks of the congressional leadership since Wright.

6.   Asahi will likely hold its top rank in the months to come, analysts said.

7.   Attempts to shake-up the way the Department of Veterans Affairs delivers health care to thousands of vets have reverberated through the top ranks of the agency.

8.   Blacks, he said, seldom win a full place in the top ranks of business.

9.   -- Western Resources plans to expand internationally and mount a national electricity marketing effort that will propel it to the top ranks of the utility industry.

10.   A senior member of the pro-Kremlin faction in Parliament, Vladislav Reznik, said he expected heads to roll in the top ranks of the Moscow police hierarchy.