1.   This scandal could topple the government.

2.   A clergy sexual abuse scandal toppled the Fianna Fail-Labor coalition government a few weeks ago.

3.   But Berlusconi is the first among the new order that rose as scandals toppled the old power brokers.

4.   He is the second Irish Catholic bishop to be toppled by scandal.

5.   The Christian Democrats dominated postwar politics until corruption scandals this decade toppled the national political class.

6.   The ensuing scandal eventually toppled Fujimori and forced Montesinos into hiding.

7.   The resulting scandal toppled Gov. Ruben Figueroa.