1.   For Decades rigid party hierarchy determined political fortunes.

2.   This institutional framework was imitated at all but the lowest levels of the party hierarchy.

3.   After finishing his studies, and marrying Raisa, he returned to his home town to work his way up the Party hierarchy.

4.   Although Reform Party leaders in California, Oregon and Minnesota have encouraged him to run, the party hierarchy is dominated by Perot loyalists.

5.   And political commentators here say she has asserted control over the party hierarchy and may yet become prime minister of India in her own right.

6.   And the party hierarchy about had a cow when Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., scheduled a fund-raiser at the Playboy Mansion.

7.   And when he tackled his party hierarchy last year and won, he hailed it as a battle akin to taking Hamburger Hill.

8.   All of which is business as usual in New York, which has the most arduous election laws in the country, controlled by the party hierarchy.

9.   Bush played down any national political implications of his visit with the volunteer group, which has significant influence in the state party hierarchy.

10.   Changes in the party hierarchy could be forthcoming.