1.  A cabinet minister, John Redwood, resigned his post to challenge Prime Minister John Major for the top party job.

2.  Brown won the top party job, becoming the first black chairman of either major national political party.

3.  Gargan and Goldman both say that their party jobs require them to remain neutral.

4.  His top priority is making a go of his new consulting business, and taking on a demanding, non-paying party job would make that difficult.

5.  She was given a party job.

6.  Up to now he has served in a series of party jobs where he apparently impressed his leaders but did not build a strong public image.

7.  When he was promoted to a party job in Moscow, in charge of Soviet agriculture, she did research at her old philosophy faculty at MGU.

8.  He explained he found it inappropriate to continue in the party job since he was not standing for direct election to the Legislative Council.

9.  There are already fears of bitter infighting because senior party jobs are tied to government posts.