1.   Already, the department has halved its civilian clerical positions and cut blue collar slots by a third.

2.   But on a theological level, what is at stake may be much greater than a ceremony or a clerical position.

3.   Clerical positions were often inherited as well, sometimes with disastrous results.

4.   Cuts to central and local district offices included trimming clerical positions and those providing professional development.

5.   Mike Henry, director of human resources, said the county expects to place GAIN participants in entry-level clerical positions if they pass county civil service examinations.

6.   Much debate has turned on whether to allow noncelibate gay members to serve in clerical positions.

7.   Most of the jobs to be cut are clerical positions and work involving cable maintenance, installation and repair in Southern California.

8.   Nearly all of the lost jobs will be management and clerical positions at company headquarters.

9.   Selby Drate of Sparks, Nev., outside Reno, remembers the young woman who answered an advertisement for a clerical position and was called for an interview.

10.   She passed through a series of clerical positions and took courses in credit analysis and accounting.