21.  Why, Wendy Gramm, most recently awakened watchdogs would say, wife of the Republican Phil Gramm of Texas, previous chairman of the Banking Committee.

22.  Arthur Burns and Paul Volcker, two previous Fed chairmen, were masters at obfuscation, employing props for the purpose.

23.  Bush and Ford received invitations as previous honorary chairmen of the event.

24.  He replaced previous chairman Cheng Jin-chuan.

25.  The previous acting chairman, Jeremy Sinclair, jumped ship Monday and was named by Maurice Saatchi as one of the partners for the new ad agency.

26.  The previous party chairman, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, resigned in December after resounding Republican losses in gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.

27.  The previous chairman, Adegboye Onigbinde, said the decision to quit was in protest over outside interference with their work.