1.   The scandal forced his resignation.

2.   The scandal has forced former prime minister and strong Amato backer Bettino Craxi to resign as head of the party.

3.   Colombian stocks and the peso fell sharply today amid concern that a deepening drug scandal could force President Ernesto Samper from office, traders said.

4.   Colombian stocks and the peso fell sharply today amid concern a deepening drug scandal could force President Ernesto Samper from office, traders said.

5.   Even among Catholics who support the church, there is a sense that this scandal will force a new, more modern culture within the church.

6.   From South Korea to India, from Italy and France to Venezuela and Brazil, scandals have forced politicians from office and sent executives to jail.

7.   Market participants expressed concern the bribery scandal might force top government officials to step down.

8.   Of recent vintage, we have had former President Richard Nixon and former House Speaker Jim Wright, both of whom were forced by scandal to resign their offices.

9.   The corruption scandals have forced Premier Dehaene to reassert his faith in the four-party coalition despite the tarnished image his socialist allies.

10.   The resulting scandal forced her husband to resign as prime minister.