About the only one not to take a stand on the incoming chairman was Dr. Dean himself.

"Traditionally, an incoming chairman would isolate one issue and personally identify with it," Mr. Fortinberry said.

They're being made by the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

At year's end he handed over control of News International to incoming chairman, Les Hinton.

The incoming chairman of a public company can swiftly dispose of dead wood, to arrange a board in sympathy with new policies.

Unfortunately, the committee's incoming chairman, Senator Joseph Lieberman, is partial to peanut butter.

The incoming chairman, Talbert Spence, has not yet announced his plans for next year's festival.

Larry E. Condon, the incoming chairman of the festival board, agreed.

She explained his initial decision to lobby was made by an incoming chairman "with not a lot of exposure in Washington in the way things operate here."

Ed Gillespie, the incoming chairman of the Republican National Committee, said in an interview today.