11.   By then, Smith had been promoted to district director, a job he still holds.

12.   Colin Campbell, a columnist for The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, heard about the case and telephoned the INS district director, Thomas P. Fischer.

13.   Darlene McKinnon, deputy district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration in San Francisco, found the findings encouraging for minority women.

14.   District directors credit the new Customs program, called Operation Hard Line, for the increase in seizures.

15.   District directors, deputy directors and chief U.S. Border Patrol agents from across the globe converged in San Antonio for the conference, which runs through Thursday.

16.   Downes also criticized Gerald Swanson, an IRS district director, and an aide, Patricia Callahan.

17.   Edward J. McElroy, the New York district director, would not talk about the enforcement program.

18.   Edward McElroy, district director of the immigration service in Manhattan, said it was the largest number of INS employees arrested in such a scheme in New York.

19.   Even the Boston district office director of INS says the laws go too far.

20.   Experts, including district technology director Les Foltos, say Seattle is at least five years behind its suburban neighbors.