21.   At the same time, the big drug companies have begun acquiring and forming partnerships with abandon, hoping to ride out the storm with their leadership positions intact.

22.   At the urging of Gingrich, no one was expected to be stripped of their leadership position during the closed-door meeting.

23.   Because their roles are inherently part time, pitchers are rarely named captain, or assume much of a leadership position.

24.   Bilbray said that he had received several calls at home from candidates running for leadership positions who wanted his support.

25.   A burly former storage company executive from Mobile, Callahan was named to head the foreign operations subcommittee after more senior members took other leadership positions.

26.   A steady hand at the tiller, they think, is necessary when the others are new in their leadership positions.

27.   According to a retired official, he also hopes to identify loyal, promising officials for future leadership positions.

28.   According to Pavlic, they were always under pressure to find workers who were qualified for leadership positions.

29.   Buoyed by their ballot box victory two weeks ago, the Democratic caucus held its own elections Monday and promoted two longtime House Democrats to top leadership positions.

30.   But after Mrs. Fowler was elected to the leadership position last year, she reconsidered her promise.