11.   In Michigan, the only campaign with a paid staff member belongs to Dole.

12.   Its sister magazine, Plastic, is also up for an award, but is now run by volunteers rather than a paid staff.

13.   Langan of the National Charities Information Bureau says that it is unusual and unwise for foundations to have more than one paid staff member on their boards.

14.   None of the major presidential contenders has visited the state, and none has any paid staff there.

15.   On Friday, the only paid staff workers, three part-time clerical workers, were let go.

16.   Once Perot made his presidential ambitions official, paid staff members from Texas arrived to impose order.

17.   Opponents argue that annual sessions would increase the number of bills, opportunities for pork-barrel legislation and the number of paid staff.

18.   Some of the work is done by paid staff members, but the group also recruits nationals to help with food distribution.

19.   The Bush campaign sent about a dozen paid staff members to Maryland last week to supervise mailings and phone banks.

20.   The decision marked the second time the ethics committee has found Gingrich violated House rules prohibiting outsiders from taking on the role of paid staff.