51.   He says he is tired and badly hurt by corruption scandals involving top officials and by evidence that his government ran a paramilitary death squad against Basque separatists.

52.   He succeeds Yasuo Matsushita, who offered his resignation last week after a subordinate was arrested in a widening financial corruption scandal.

53.   He turned over vast powers to his shadowy spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, and became enmeshed in a series of corruption scandals.

54.   He said there is a growing antiestablishment sentiment in Ireland, not just about the EU, but about politics in general because of a host of corruption scandals.

55.   His second term was tarnished by a police corruption scandal.

56.   His party is increasingly divided, facing mounting corruption scandals and struggling to halt a steady decline in its popularity.

57.   High hopes for the interim government quickly turned to disgust, when Alarcon became ensnared in a series of corruption scandals.

58.   His fellow conservative, Balladur, has seen his ratings steadily fall, partly because of the corruption scandals.

59.   If the past is any guide, in coming years several of them will be accused of human rights abuses and corruption scandals.

60.   In an interview, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, James Jones, insisted that the corruption scandals were not slowing growth, especially as measured by investment.