1.   But he has declined to exercise his right to fire his ministers.

2.   Gorbachev and then Boris Yeltsin tried incentives, they tried hectoring, they tried firing agriculture ministers by the bushel.

3.   He would support a Yeltsin recommitted to private property and human rights, to ending the war in Chechnya and to firing corrupt ministers.

4.   Kuchma said he fired the ministers because of inefficiency and corruption.

5.   Not only were the children relocated to one of his palaces, but the king fired the minister in charge of the orphanage.

6.   Now, churches who fire ministers for adultery or other misconduct risk a countersuit for wrongful termination, defamation or emotional distress.

7.   Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fired ministers from the rigorously observant Orthodox Shas Party from his Cabinet on Monday night after they voted against an emergency economic package in parliament.

8.   The constitutional agreement gives the president the power to hire and fire cabinet ministers without parliamentary approval.

9.   The sports minister fired him in the locker room of one game, but then the sports minister himself was fired, and Westerhof returned.

10.   President Boris Yeltsin gave his government a televised tongue-lashing on Thursday, promising to fire Cabinet ministers who have hindered the pace of economic reforms.