1.  In the recent leadership struggle DeLay endorsed Rep. Bob Livingston for speaker even though the Louisiana Republican has been criticized by conservatives for brokering a budget deal with Clinton.

2.  Lees confirmed that one option discussed in a recent Republican leadership meeting with Weld is simply to remove the toll plazas in western Massachusetts.

3.  Several recent leadership changes in the Environmental Health and Safety Branch had nothing to do with the problem, Nasarenko insisted.

4.  During the recent leadership campaign, Thatcher said Clarke would be a disaster as leader.

5.  The government on Saturday froze the activities of an Islamic-oriented party in reaction to a recent leadership split within the organization, judicial officials said.

6.  Under his recent leadership, the FDP has shed some of its traditional liberal image and quelled its left-wing.