Lauaki, who won two caps for the Kiwis before switching allegiance to Tonga, fills a quota spot which was vacated at the end of last season by the Australian Adam Dykes.
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Bryant are running for the seat that will be vacated at the end of the year by Senator Fred Thompson, a Republican, who has announced his retirement.
What both sides agreed on yesterday was that if the dispute is allowed to drag on, it will end up producing voter confusion, as dozens of candidates have already started campaigns for the 35 seats that by law are to be vacated at the end of this year.
The willingness of landlords to accept discount retail may have played a role in the news that Century 21 will take over 61,000 square feet that Barnes & Noble is vacating at West 66th Street and Broadway, near Lincoln Center.
Several large blocks of space returned to the market during the year, most notably 93,550 square feet being vacated by Prodigy at 44 South Broadway in White Plains and 101,450 square feet by Prudential at 200 Summit Lake Drive in Valhalla.
Carney will be taking over the position being vacated by Robert Gibbs at a time when much of the original inner Obama circle is either leaving the White House or heading to Chicago to help with the re-election campaign.
Mr. Franks, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Frank R. Lautenberg, appeared at the State House in Trenton with Assemblyman Steve Corodemus, who introduced a state filtering bill on March 6.
They declined a place being vacated by a smoker, and another, at the bargain price of $1,800 a month, that had the refrigerator in the living room.
PAGE A23 STATEN ISLAND CANDIDATE DIES Francis H. Powers, a retired Wall Street executive who was picked by Republican leaders in Staten Island as their candidate for the seat being vacated by Representative Vito J. Fossella, died at his home on Staten Island.
That post was vacated by Deborah Borda at the end of last year.
