1.   The president resigned following a series of military defeats.

2.   The president was forced to resign following a major scandal.

3.   But he resigned following a flood of criticism after his firm contracted to represent tobacco producers.

4.   Elco Looser Holding AG said Chief Executive Enrico Tissi will resign following the takeover of the Swiss heating technology company by Preussag AG.

5.   Gingrich resigned following lackluster Republican election results in November and Livingston stepped aside after acknowledging extramarital affairs.

6.   Johnson replaced Marv Albert as the radio voice of the Knicks last season when Albert resigned following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor assault charge.

7.   Sex was a subtext of the election after Livingston resigned following disclosures that he had carried on extramarital affairs.

8.   The American Medical Association said three executives, including its chief operating officer, resigned following the review of a controversial agreement to endorse several Sunbeam Corp. products.

9.   The traders are gone, and two top company executives resigned following the disclosures.

10.   Yeltsin, too, is battling demands that he resign following the unraveling of his six-year overhaul of the once-centralized economy.