1.   First, he quit a post on the Texas Railroad Commission to accept an appointment from then-Gov.

2.   There may be practical difficulties in finding an expert willing to accept an appointment to determine all disputes under a contract.

3.   Appiah accepted an appointment to the Princeton faculty in January, though mostly for personal reasons, because his partner lives in New York.

4.   A few months later, he accepted an appointment as supervisor of a military school in Louisiana.

5.   Accepting the appointment, Timoney promised results.

6.   Accepting the appointment was a difficult decision for Miller, friends say.

7.   But he took himself out of the running when he accepted the Atlanta appointment last fall.

8.   But Moscow later accepted the appointment of Karzai at a UN-sponsored conference in Bonn.

9.   But the largest Protestant northern party, the Ulster Unionists, of David Trimble, accepted the appointments.

10.   Dostum was shown on state television accepting his appointment from Karzai and Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim.