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More important, Cardinal Dolan said, are the strengths of the men tapped to lead the church.

Du Pont had been tapped to lead the fleet weeks earlier, but Port Royal became the intended target only days before the fleet was scheduled to sail.

At the center of the storm, tapped to lead the government's prosecution of five New York City police officers involved, was a 40-year-old Loretta Lynch.

Greg Brenneman, who was tapped to lead the company in August 2004, will go back to TurnWorks but will remain a "significant" shareholder in the fast-food chain.

General Petraeus, 52, commanded the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion, then was tapped to lead the rebuilding of the Iraqi forces last spring.

NEW YORK TIMES   JPMorgan Chase Plans to Build More Branch Offices  |  REUTERS JPMorgan Names Head of Asian Operationsns  |  Nicolas Aguzin, currently chief executive of JPMorgan Chase's Latin American business, was tapped to lead the bank's Asian operations.

He was on a panel with Elvira Nabiullina, an aide to Mr. Putin who has been tapped to lead Russia's central bank, and Russia's economic development minister, Andrei Belousov.

Despite a recent promotion to a consulting job, in which she deals directly with clients and their delicate egos, she is often tapped to lead the highest-stakes campaigns.

Lhota said Kelly is "good at what he does" but declined to speculate who he would tap to lead the department if elected.

|  Peter Tague, a Citigroup veteran who most recently was a vice chairman of the mergers and acquisitions group, was tapped to co-lead the global M.&A.

Mitchell tapped Menard to lead an investigative mission to the site and report back on his findings to the government.