Others say he may try to secure his survival in office by arranging some kind of power-sharing agreement with exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, leader of arguably the country's most powerful opposition party.

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Controversies surrounding Herman have included her role in arranging some of the White House political coffees with donors, the awarding of contracts while she was in the Carter Administration's Labor Department right before she left her job, and her involvement in a controversial investment in the District of Columbia.

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As a marine loan representative, the 5-foot-8 blonde puts in some 8.5 hours arranging financing for yachts and larger sailboats.

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James Tobin--the New England chairman for President Bush's 2004 campaign and the Northeast field representative for the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2002's congressional elections--was sentenced to ten months' jail time and two years' probation for supposedly being part of a conspiracy that for about two hours on Election Day 2002 blocked some incoming calls to Democratic phone banks arranging transportation for voters.

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On Feb. 28, Citigroup stepped in to shore up struggling lender Ameriquest, taking an equity stake and also arranging a credit line and getting the option to buy some of its business lines.

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He said arranging out-of-hours support for young people could take "quite some time" which led to children being put in police cells "until somewhere better is found for them to be placed".

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The number of banks arranging syndicated loans in Asia has been slimmed by mergers, and by the withdrawal from the region of some banks.

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