1.   The party also nominated the head of state, who was elected by the Assembly for a five-year term and who presided over the National Executive Council.

2.   Baath Party apparatchiks wonder where their money will come from if they can no longer nominate the heads of industry.

3.   Bush named Laura Unger, the only Republican SEC commissioner, as acting chairwoman of the agency until a permanent head is nominated and confirmed by the Senate.

4.   President Bush named Laura Unger, the only Republican SEC commissioner, as acting chairwoman of the agency until a permanent head is nominated and confirmed by the Senate.

5.   President Bush named Unger, the only Republican SEC commissioner, as acting chairwoman of the agency until a permanent head is nominated and confirmed by the Senate.

6.   They will nominate the head of the Council of Ministers, who will nominate the foreign minister, trade minister and others.