31.   The Coyotes also confirmed the appointment of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov as an assistant coach.

32.   The Senate should subject him to a rigorous examination of his priorities before confirming his appointment.

33.   The Senate must confirm the appointment.

34.   Weld continued to say he enjoyed the support of the majority of the committee members and senators who must confirm ambassadorial appointments.

35.   When her appointment was confirmed recently, everybody stood and whooped like lottery winners.

36.   Parliament has to authenticate her eligibility for the job, and then the two houses vote separately to confirm the appointment.

37.   A closed-door, middle-of-the-night emergency session of the Bosnian Serb parliament was called, apparently to confirm the appointment.

38.   A phone call early Friday morning dragged Waugh away from watching Sesame Street with his daughter to confirm the appointment and finally end a week of speculation.

39.   Acting Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin accepted a package of Soviet-era economic measures, which parliamentary leaders proposed as a condition for confirming his appointment.

40.   Aburizal, known as Ical, confirmed his appointment to reporters yesterday, but said the presidential decree for it had yet to be issued.