41.  As for actions, Clinton took seven months to fill the top job for civil-rights enforcement in his own Justice Department.

42.  As younger, American-trained bankers take over top jobs, government influence in lending decisions has been cut.

43.  At Hewlett-Packard, Ann M. Livermore, who heads enterprise computing, was the leading insider for the top job.

44.  At the Times, he served as deputy associate editor and executive editor before taking the top job.

45.  Bad news posted on the Internet and picked up by prospective job candidates can send a top job applicant running in the other direction.

46.  At the same time, Weiss noted that technology firms have not kept pace with other companies in hiring, nurturing and appointing women executives to top jobs.

47.  Baldwin has been lobbying for Blackmun to be named to the top executive job during meetings over the weekend in Manhattan.

48.  ATLANTA - Former Atlanta airport General Manager Angela Gittens is in Miami this week talking to Miami-Dade County officials about the top job at Miami International Airport.

49.  Barr had just resigned from a top job at the investment bank to set up his own business advising utility companies on mergers and acquisitions.

50.  Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet is vying for the top job with European Monetary Institute President Wim Duisenberg.