1.   Hamilton, proclaiming his innocence, was forced out as trade minister in charge of business integrity.

2.   Alternatively, the blue and black parties could form a conservative-right wing government, but that is considered unlikely unless Schuessel is forced aside as leader.

3.   Chavis was unceremoniously forced out as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People over a financial and sexual harassment scandal.

4.   Dr. J. Craig Venter has had to ponder that problem sooner than he expected after being forced out as president of Celera Genomics in January.

5.   He could be forced out as speaker at any moment, they say.

6.   He said he had joined the militia because he was forced to as a student.

7.   He warned that if Gingrich is forced aside as speaker, the Republican attacks on illegal Democratic fundraising would threaten to drown out most other issues confronting Congress.

8.   Just as no one forced him to quit.

9.   Last month, he was forced out as chairman of Walt Disney Studios after a bitter dispute with Michael D. Eisner, the chairman of the Walt Disney Co.