11.   Other national committee members and contenders to succeed the outgoing chairman, Haley Barbour, insisted any rifts would quickly close once the leadership battle ends.

12.   So is Reed Hundt, the outgoing chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

13.   The Congressional Black Caucus installed its new leaders, including Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who replaced the outgoing chairman, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn.

14.   The only misstep by Bush so far was his failure to sign Steve Grubbs, an outgoing state party chairman, to organize Iowa.

15.   The outgoing chairman did the job for him.

16.   The outgoing national chairman apologized for DNC fund-raising excesses.

17.   To L. Glenn Orr, the outgoing chairman and chief executive of the Southern National Corp., a North Carolina bank holding company.

18.   Outgoing chairman K.L. Chugh said earlier this year that he would retire early after a lengthy dispute with B.A.T about the management of the company.

19.   Outgoing chairman Kopper said the bank would like to reduce its stakes in German industry, but has resisted large-scale sales to avoid high capital gains taxes.

20.   Outgoing OAU chairman Paul Biya of Cameroon sent his Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge to represent him in Harare.