11.   Balaguer had kept numerous generals happy with ceremonial positions in the presidential palace and lucrative chairmanships of state-run enterprises.

12.   Borodin now holds a largely ceremonial position as chief of the Russia-Belarus union.

13.   Gen. Try Sutrisno, former armed services chief, now holds the mostly ceremonial position.

14.   Gen. Try Sutrisno, former armed forces chief, now holds the mostly ceremonial position.

15.   He also served as vice president, a mainly ceremonial position, but one that put him in contact with world leaders.

16.   However, they said Bush was not pushing an Israeli idea to relegate Arafat to a ceremonial position, making room for a new leader.

17.   In Bulgaria, the presidency is a largely ceremonial position, with real power resting with the prime minister and parliament.

18.   Mary McLaren was named Monday by Prime Minister Jean Chretien to the ceremonial position in the Canadian upper house.

19.   No date was announced for the election of a successor to her largely ceremonial position in Dublin.

20.   On Friday, the Eritrean religious leaders met Ghirma Wolde-Ghiorgis, who occupies the largesly ceremonial position of Ethiopian president.