1.  From his public comments it even mystifies the general director, Jeremy Isaacs, the star of the show.

2.  The restructured department involves the promotion of former commercial director Jamie Robertson-Macleod to director general.

3.  Director general of the Japanese fisheries agency, Kazuo Shima, said the Americans and Europeans have turned whales into a sacred animal, like the Hindu cow...

4.  Derek Lewis, prison service director general, said Wymott was now stable and the governor and staff were in control.

5.  The group yesterday announced the appointment of Sir James McKinnon, director general of the consumer watchdog, Ofgas, as deputy chairman.

6.  THE BBC director general, John Birt, was under increasing pressure last night, with one of his predecessors criticising his tax arrangements.

7.  Strathclyde Regional Council invited Kevin Dunion, director general of Friends Of The Earth Scotland, to the promotion of its Charter for the Environment.

8.  Among those whose appointments were announced Wednesday were Francisco Gil Diaz, general director of a long-distance telephone business called Avantel, as treasury secretary.

9.  An emergency committee was established two days after the disaster under Mario Serio, the director general of the Fine Arts Administration of Italy.