1.   Although the scandal has prompted some major sponsors to await the results of the investigations, no major sponsor has pulled out.

2.   Analysts said they were not concerned that some scandal had prompted Curtis to take his life.

3.   Not surprisingly, the scandals have prompted widespread anguish among American Catholics.

4.   Nomura weighed on the overall market by raising concern that the scandal will prompt foreign investors to sell Japanese stocks and move money overseas.

5.   Nomura weighed on the market overall by raising concern yet another scandal will prompt foreign investors to sell Japanese stocks and move money overseas.

6.   Recent journalistic scandals have prompted news organizations to engage in some serious soul-searching in the past few months.

7.   The abuse scandal has already prompted some legislatures to close the legal loopholes that allow offenders to avoid prosecution.

8.   The scandal prompted large and small customers to boycott the brokerage, and the Finance Ministry banned it in August from underwriting new government bonds for five months.

9.   The scandal prompted the company to halt advertising in Japan over the past month.

10.   The scandal apparently prompted one change from previous Clinton State of the Union addresses.