21.   The Advertising Council in New York is adding a longtime agency executive to its top management ranks.

22.   The appointment may solve a critical succession issue at Disney and prove that the company is shoring up its management ranks after losing several key executives.

23.   The company continued to experience a substantial turnover in its management ranks, once the most stable and well-respected on the Internet.

24.   The company has said that it wants to diversify its management ranks but that it does not have quotas.

25.   The COO, Margaret Satchel, had come from the top management ranks at a major office supply company.

26.   The cumbersome management ranks, for example, still need consolidation, they said.

27.   The firm has been trying to patch its management ranks in the past three months and defections have slowed.

28.   The move comes a few months after Fidelity overhauled the top management ranks of its mutual-fund unit.

29.   The potential for turmoil goes well below the top management ranks.

30.   The promotions of Dear and Benoff were designed to strengthen the top management ranks, company officials said.