Even if Mr. Bernhard sought wholesale dismissals, it is not clear he could achieve them.

Was it the wholesale dismissals without due process?

But with wholesale dismissals forbidden by the government, Mr. Zayat set out instead on a total reorganization.

They do not see that their wholesale dismissal of the principles of others amounts to little more than self-flattery.

Willis did not make wholesale dismissals of Democrats in the state government, owing in part to shortages of experienced people due to the war.

But she said that Dainippon plans no wholesale dismissals of top Reichhold executives.

But an errant "e" at the end of "potato" should not warrant wholesale dismissal of a statesman's career.

Nobody has protested the wholesale dismissal of regional officials who supported the coup.

He strikes a different note: "It's not so much the personal loss of status that bothers me as the wholesale dismissal of everything we tried to do."

However, his nearly wholesale dismissals, hirings and restructuring of scouts and minor league personnel apparently reflect a desire to move quickly.