11.   Johnson and Johnson had just signed a letter of intent to increase financial support when the bribery scandal surfaced late last year.

12.   Segers, the least known of the three, has lost his starting berth at Wimbledon since the scandal surfaced.

13.   Such demotions are common when scandals surface at Japanese companies and amount to a show of contrition for public relations damage suffered by the company.

14.   Such demotions are common when scandals surface at Japanese companies.

15.   The bribery scandal surfaced last August after Singapore arrested and charged its star striker, Michael Vana, an import from the Czech republic, for accepting bribes.

16.   The scandal surfaced after television variety show host and producer Clara Chou disclosed to a newspaper her affair with Huang.

17.   The scandal surfaced when the businessman lost a bunker contract he had been promised and then kidnapped and beat up the officers.

18.   The scandal surfaced late last year and resulted in the resignations of the health minister and one of his deputies.

19.   The scandal surfaced shortly afterward.

20.   The scandals surfaced in an already bleak period for the military.