11.   A parade of officials heaped praise upon Dole, who as the senior Kansas senator once had an office in the building.

12.   A senior Republican senator said the Bush administration had underestimated their foe.

13.   All things considered, as they say on public radio, being the senior senator from Texas will be a cool job.

14.   Boren was the senior senator from Oklahoma, a state targeted by Citizens for a Sound Economy to drum up opposition to the energy tax and budget.

15.   But as several senior senators face being toppled from their powerful perches, many are thinking these term limits are not such a good idea after all.

16.   But Cleland, now the senior senator from Georgia, believes that the accident gave him the spiritual and emotional strength and stability to accomplish what he has.

17.   But downstairs, at least, at the head of an escalator, the senior senator from Iowa politely yielded basement debating time to the senior senator from Montana.

18.   But it is still a weighty thing to be the senior senator from Georgia.

19.   But many Kansans can take pride in the fact that their senior senator will assume the office of Senate majority leader.

20.   But suddenly, the senior senator from Rhode Island is on the defensive from the same environmental groups with whom he has worked hand-in-hand.