1.   Abrupt dismissals sometimes leave doctors and nurses without paychecks and insurance.

2.   He has been called before parliament to explain his abrupt dismissal earlier this year of two economics ministers.

3.   His abrupt dismissal of mounting international demands drew widespread condemnation from abroad.

4.   His reference was to the abrupt dismissal of the agency by the Infiniti luxury-car division of Nissan Motor Corp. USA.

5.   In the animated television interview, Chernomyrdin indicated that he was offended by his abrupt dismissal.

6.   That led to the abrupt dismissal of seven travel office employees and a direct request by the White House to the FBI for a criminal investigation.

7.   This abrupt dismissal is a conveniently dramatic way for Ms. Blige to win a musical cutting contest.

8.   And an abrupt dismissal, as the conversation progressed, of the possibility that Japan might have some influence in untying the knot.

9.   Many Russia watchers believe that is exactly why President Boris Yeltsin picked him after the abrupt dismissal of the former premier, Sergei Stepashin.

10.   Stepashin was made premier after the abrupt dismissal earlier this month of Yevgeny Primakov.