1.   Clinton was surprised by the resignation offer, but realized that there was no candidate available to replace Christopher.

2.   Fujimori declined the resignation offer.

3.   The resignation offers are part of a deal to secure a pro-government vote on Saturday as Parliament considers a no-confidence measure.

4.   Unless he shows improvement, you may want to consider his resignation offer carefully.

5.   But many legislators were skeptical about the entire array of resignation offers.

6.   Democratic Left Alliance Party leader Aleksander Kwasniewski said his party accepted the resignation offer.

7.   He promised to present a plan of action to a late July meeting of the Political Council that would be once again asked to vote on his resignation offer.

8.   He said he had received no response over his resignation offer.

9.   Many legislators were skeptical about the resignation offers and said they would like to put off the vote until Yeltsin actually acts.

10.   Mori indicated in Parliament that he was open to the idea of early party elections but said that was not a resignation offer.