1.   A libel suit that never made it to trial has plunged the government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien into its worst political crisis.

2.   Both plans, Gore said, would risk plunging the government back into deficit and do nothing to address the long-term problems facing Social Security and Medicare.

3.   He was kidnapped by one of the leftist guerrilla groups that had begun to plunge the government of Juan Domingo Peron into turmoil.

4.   A near-catastrophic drop in tax and other revenues last year plunged the government into a fiscal crisis.

5.   Her government was plunged into a crisis in early July after she fired a Muslim minister from her Cabinet.

6.   The debacle is expected to result in a budget deficit this year and has plunged the government into uncharted waters.

7.   The debacle has plunged the government into uncharted waters.

8.   The Sri Lankan government was plunged into a political crisis after President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacked a Muslim minister from her Cabinet in July.

9.   The Swissair debacle is expected to result in a Swiss budget deficit this year and has plunged the government into uncharted waters.

10.   The unprecedented stand-off plunged the government into uncertainty about the next step.