He forced dozens of city commissioners out, as well as more than 45 LAPD officers.

It damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, shut City Hall and 11 other municipal buildings and forced dozens of stores to close.

As a result, numerous reservoirs were filled, forcing dozens in southern Nuevo Leon to evacuate their homes.

In April, villagers in southwest China accused local officials of forcing dozens of women to have abortions to meet family planning quotas.

The attack forced dozens of Serbian families and Albanian women and children to leave.

The blaze in the ground-floor restaurant forced dozens of residents from the apartment building upstairs into the street until firefighters extinguished the flames at 3 A.M.

New environmental requirements and the elimination of some financial advantages the Government once gave small refineries forced dozens of small ones to close in the last decade.

Yet there were concerns that Mr. Ridge would lack the bureaucratic power to force dozens of agencies to coordinate efforts.

The 1999 decision opened the way for hundreds of thousands of new asbestos claims, which have forced dozens of companies, including Owens Corning, into bankruptcy.

No major injuries were reported, but the storms forced dozens of people to evacuate and knocked out power to thousands.