1.  Any reversal of that action would most likely have to come through the committee headed by Ratliff, who favors the status quo.

2.  Deputy Inspector Peter J. Buccino, the 30th Precinct commander in 1991, now heads the 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side.

3.  Dennis Erickson is headed in the right direction, there's no question about that."

4.  Dennis F. Hightower, 53, who headed Disney Consumer Products for Europe and the Middle East, was named to succeed Frank.

5.  Deficit hawks rejoice that Rivlin, whose expenditure-cutting swoops are the fiercest of all, is to head the OMB.

6.  Defying his parents' expectations, he left home in 1973, at the age of 18, and headed to the city of Taipei to study theater.

7.  Cuban President Fidel Castro headed the organization from 1979 to 1982.

8.  Cuccinello, 71, was headed for a visit with her sister and brother-in-law in San Luis Obispo.

9.  Derek Bell pursued it as if it were headed for the corner, but when it bounced into mid-right field, Bell redirected himself and slipped.

10.  Del Villar got his own chance at reform when President Miguel de la Madrid appointed him in 1982 to head a campaign aimed at rooting out corruption.