1.   Arthur Rolnick, research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, supports the measure, and even goes a step further.

2.   At the time of his retirement, he was vice president and research director.

3.   Bob Prince, the research director at Bridgewater Associates, a money management firm, argues that higher rates have been needed to lure overseas buyers.

4.   -- Eckart Guthe was named vice president and research director at the Magazine Publishers of America, New York, succeeding Marian Confer, who retired.

5.   -- Eckart L. Guthe was named vice president and research director at the Magazine Publishers of America, New York, succeeding Marian Confer, who retired.

6.   -- William Custer, research director of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, which is funded by businesses and unions.

7.   A physical chemist, Adelman was approaching retirement as research director for Battelle, a giant technology development company.

8.   A University of Chicago economist and a former research director of the International Monetary Fund, Frenkel is an unapologetic defender of this bitter monetary medicine.

9.   About half, including his co-heads of investment banking and his research director, are fellow refugees from Montgomery who presumably will bring clients with them.

10.   According to Chuck Hill, research director of First Call in Boston, the current downturn is shaping up to be one of the worst ever for profits.