31.  Females hold cabinet positions but not the most powerful ones.

32.  Former President Bill Clinton chose women to serve in the top Cabinet positions of secretary of state and attorney general for the first time in history.

33.  Gramm on Tuesday said if Dole wins, he would turn down any offer of a Cabinet position.

34.  Hashimoto is still negotiating with LDP legislators about other key Cabinet positions, including for the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry and the Construction Ministry, the media reports said.

35.  He added that he did not expect Bush to proceed with any formal offers of Cabinet positions until the election dispute was resolved.

36.  He also believes Bush can make a dramatic gesture toward reconciliation by appointing Gore running mate Joseph I. Lieberman to a high-level Cabinet position.

37.  He has also established a new cabinet position of education coordinator to help the city work with the schools.

38.  He has filled all his cabinet positions and appointed the chiefs of most federal agencies except the CIA and FBI.

39.  He has always belonged to the Liberal Party, and he held nearly every major Cabinet position before becoming prime minister.

40.  He held three different cabinet positions during various Labor governments in Britain, then left that party to found the Social Democratics, which went nowhere with the voters.