21.   Stepashin and the new Cabinet appointees would stay on, but only as a caretaker government.

22.   The chairman of the newly appointed board, Steven L. Isenberg, said he has been calling the other new appointees to get acquainted.

23.   The defense of a tough line looms so large, some officials say, that new appointees in Latin American affairs face a litmus test on Cuba.

24.   Three of the six commission spots are likely to be filled by new appointees.

25.   Undoubtedly, many new appointees will be much less likely to give government a major role to play in the economy, compared with their Clinton-era counterparts.

26.   Working with the new appointees can be delicate business for career civil servants, who may be nervous about their own job security.

27.   A new appointee to the Cabinet, Fahad Salem al-Shaqra, was made minister of education.

28.   Also Monday, OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria welcomed new appointees to his staff, including two Caribbean natives.

29.   Among the new appointees to the decision-making forum was Faisal Husseini, the PLO top official in Jerusalem and a leading supporter of compromise with Israel.

30.   Ariel, the new appointee, will head the Settlement Department in the Defense Ministry.