1.   Illness forced his resignation.

2.   In the interview, Dole said he did not force the resignation of Mary Matalin as his campaign strategist.

3.   The scandal forced his resignation.

4.   Arizona State is recovering from a point-shaving scandal that forced the resignation of coach Bill Frieder two years ago.

5.   Bildt denied that any deal had been made with Karadzic to force his resignation.

6.   Both men said the resignation was not forced.

7.   Alleged crimes, blunders, political shenanigans and coverups by President Nixon and those close to him forced his resignation.

8.   But despite the Watergate scandal that eventually forced his resignation, Nixon continued to operate relatively effectively on the world stage, the analyst said.

9.   But in each case, constitutional procedures were at the very least bent by the intervention of the armed forces to force the resignation of an unpopular elected president.

10.   Daiwa Securities Co. President Motoo Esaka will step down following a widening gangster payoff scandal that has forced mass resignations at three other major financial companies this year.