1.   Rice noted that Brown is not the only former speaker of a state legislature to join the Mayoral ranks.

2.   Also appointed to the criminal bench was Richard Weinberg, the longtime counsel to Peter Vallone, the former City Council speaker.

3.   An assistant said the former speaker cannot comment until his nomination is confirmed.

4.   Another possibility is Ivan P. Rybkin, the former speaker of Parliament, who fared poorly in the December elections.

5.   As I once pointed out, my God-fearing parents and my esteemed friend Jim Wright, a former speaker of the House, would never approve.

6.   As one of the most powerful Democrats in the state, the former California Assembly speaker still commands attention.

7.   Asked whether GOP members were distancing themselves from Gingrich because of his messy divorce, Watts denied the former speaker was intentionally excluded.

8.   At each stop, Lazio presented himself as a moderate, despite his alliance with Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House.

9.   Assemblyman Willie Brown, D-San Francisco, the former Assembly speaker, is part of the closed-door budget negotiations.

10.   Attempts to reach the former speaker were unsuccessful.