1.   Asking Mary Thomas for a recipe is like pumping a three-star general for information about troop strength.

2.   At present, several U.N. agencies are taking part, under the coordination of Yasushi Akashi, undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs.

3.   At the College of Staten Island, he was known as the floor general for his take-charge style.

4.   A group of developing nations opposed the appointment of a Westerner to the position, officially titled under secretary general for internal oversight services.

5.   Bruno Pellaud, the Swiss deputy director general for safeguards at the IAEA, said he believes the American.

6.   By informal rotation, each region holds the position of secretary general for two consecutive terms.

7.   Cahill ordered the case be turned over to the state attorney general for prosecution.

8.   He was appointed to NATO as the assistant secretary general for defense support, helping U.S. allies coordinate arms programs.

9.   In November, Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali appointed Karl T. Paschke, a German diplomat, as the new under secretary general for Internal Oversight Services.

10.   Its chairman, Carroll Lowenstein, has been indicted by the state attorney general for tax evasion.