21.   They even speculated that Jeb Bush would reward his key supporters by sending them to Washington to collect presidential appointments.

22.   Until now that post has been filled by presidential appointment.

23.   Voters, for the first time, will directly elect the mayor of Mexico City, a post which was previously filled by presidential appointment.

24.   A leading member of the pro-independence opposition on Wednesday declined a presidential appointment to serve as vice chairman of an advisory board on reunifying Taiwan with China.

25.   A look at three recent presidential appointments that went awry.

26.   But Chavez may fall short of the two-thirds congressional advantage needed to rubber-stamp presidential appointments, spending decisions and proposed laws.

27.   But Chavez may fall short of the two-thirds needed to rubber-stamp presidential appointments and proposed laws.

28.   Complaints about the presidential appointments wringer are numerous.

29.   Diversity in presidential appointments means many things to Bush beyond hiring women and minorities, Clay Johnson, his point man for filling top jobs, said Thursday.

30.   He is now chairman of the New Orleans Aviation Board and an alternate U.S. delegate to the United Nations, his most recent presidential appointment.