1.   And the person having the biggest chuckle over it all is Pat Burns, fired as coach late last season.

2.   Always candid and first class, Phil Garner said the Milwaukee Brewers were justified in firing him as their manager last week.

3.   Among them is Judy George, who, after being fired as president of a major furniture chain, started her own chain.

4.   Analysts have said they expect Lotus employees to be fired as part of the restructuring.

5.   Andrew J. Clark was fired as a construction worker when DuPont closed its construction division.

6.   As Soyinka asks, what does it benefit a worker casually fired as an employee to have been called an associate the day before?

7.   As you probably heard, George Karl was fired as coach of the Seattle Sonics this week.

8.   Authorities say Hale stopped in the gravel, aimed and fired and kept firing as the van neared him before turning north.

9.   Bill Bayno was fired as coach during the middle of the season.