After the investigation began Mr. Colon resigned as majority whip, the third-ranking position in the Council.

The Conference Chairman is the third-ranking position in the US Senate.

In the C.I.A.'s intelligence analysis and science and technology directorates, women now hold third-ranking positions.

The report created an uproar in Congress because Mr.Gray was running for majority whip, the third-ranking Democratic position in the House.

Despite fighting the Reagan Administration over military spending, he was elected to the Senate Republicans' third-ranking position, chairman of the Republican Conference, in 1984.

The Department of State's list of Second Assistant Secretaries of State during the time it was the third-ranking position.

He was then appointed executive director, which at that time was the third-ranking position.

Each crime family was to be headed by a boss, who was assisted by an underboss (the third-ranking position of consigliere, was added somewhat later).

Romano later was named associate United States attorney, the third-ranking position.

In addition, Francis Keating will be in place in the third-ranking position at the department by the end of the week.