1.   A major scandal erupted in Washington last year.

2.   Before the scandal erupted, Grieg was talked about as a future presidential candidate.

3.   American Catholics, like those in other developed countries, began pressing for a greater role in church affairs long before the current scandal erupted.

4.   Although not always on the same scale, clergy-abuse scandals erupted coast to coast in the years that followed.

5.   As the Teapot Dome scandal erupted all around him, he amused himself in the White House with booze, poker games and a young mistress.

6.   A brief scandal erupted last year when it was reported that Harding was making a fortune as a lobbyist with well-known ties to the mayor.

7.   A scandal soon erupted.

8.   Cidre said that Stallone based the character on a real priest, and that CBS approved the pilot before the scandal about priests erupted.

9.   During the January-March quarter, before the recent payoff scandal erupted, foreign brokers had managed four Eurodollar bond sales by Japanese companies.

10.   Even before the Salt Lake scandal erupted last fall, the GAAF kept a low and private profile.