21.   But Ray was the lead prosecutor in the case against Archie Schaffer, a senior employee at Tyson Foods, the huge Arkansas-based poultry producer.

22.   But then the lead prosecutor in the case left the government.

23.   But when the lead prosecutor had to be reassigned only weeks after she joined the case, Ms. Caldwell suddenly found herself shouldering matters that overwhelmed her.

24.   But William Greenbaum, the lead prosecutor, said Goldstein was using his illness as an excuse.

25.   Christopher Darden, one of the two lead prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, was devastated by the not-guilty verdict.

26.   Clark and prosecutor Christopher Darden remain the lead prosecutors on the case.

27.   Earlier, in his role as lead prosecutor, Hyde stood in the Senate and read the charges of perjury and obstruction of justice against Clinton.

28.   Early in the questioning, lead prosecutor Mike Gillett complained that Irvin had nodded in the direction of a prospect.

29.   Even Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the lead prosecutor, softened his tone a bit.

30.   Finally, lead prosecutor Joseph Hartzler delivered the prosecution rebuttal and the final plea to the jury after seven weeks in the courtroom.