Aside from problems with marijuana, N.B.A. players have been written up in police reports on almost 20 occasions in the last year for accusations ranging from driving under the influence of alcohol to domestic violence.

The cases involved accusations ranging from fraudulent advertising to misrepresenting used products as new.

At least seven others have been removed in recent years after accusations ranging from sexual harassment to menacing subordinates with a gun.

Led by Representative Agripino Escareal a committee, composed of seven members of the House of Representatives, prepared a five-count accusation ranging from nepotism to gross expenditures.

Its plans included sending them death threats; telephoning them, "preferably between 2 and 5 A.M.," with blood-curdling warnings, and denouncing them to their superiors with accusations ranging "from treason to tax evasion."

Ms. Bhutto's Government was dismissed in August after only 20 months by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who cited accusations ranging from corruption and nepotism to abuse of power.

About one-fifth of the current Parliament is under investigation on accusations ranging from corruption to dealings with the Mafia.

But several residents said Marko should have been prevented from leaving so he could stand trial for a string of accusations ranging from drug-smuggling and racketeering to physical violence and political repression.

Nearly 100 elected officials, environmental advocates and lobstermen leveled accusations ranging from regional parochialism to dereliction of duty, with shades of class warfare thrown in for good measure.

In accusations ranging from indolence in evaluating clients' injuries to the use of high-pressure tactics to force acceptance of settlement offers, the two lawyers, William Skepnek and Steven Smoot, have, in effect, set the stage for a second explosion.