1.   Arrington even timed his retirement in July to allow William Bell, the Council president, to serve as interim mayor until the election.

2.   Bernson supported Councilwoman Ruth Galanter for council president.

3.   Bernson also charged that Padilla illegally promised the LAFCO post to Miscikowski in exchange for her voting for him for council president.

4.   Cathy Woolard, the new City Council president, was among several speakers pushing for unity across races, sexes, economics and other dividing points.

5.   Holbrooke, the council president this month, had summoned experts to review refugee policies in Africa.

6.   Holbrooke, who had not taken an active part in Iraq discussions since his arrival in August, has been drawn into the issue as council president.

7.   If Woolard is successful in becoming the next council president, she would be the second most powerful person in city government.

8.   In Gorham, the northern New Hampshire community where Poirier was serving, McCormack is scheduled to visit this weekend, said Maurice Champoux, the parish council president.

9.   In the northern New Hampshire community where the full-time priest was serving, McCormack is scheduled to visit this weekend, said Maurice Champoux, the parish council president.

10.   Leon Manus, the council president, refused to sign off on those results and fled the country, saying he feared for his life.