11.   Before the hearings began, Valujet and Sabretech had blamed each other for the crash.

12.   Bennett said he hoped that the House hearings would begin shortly after Congress returned next month from its recess.

13.   A few minutes before the hearing began, Reno called and asked to testify herself.

14.   A hearing began Monday in Eugene, Ore.

15.   Aides on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee have so far declined to speculate on when the Senate hearings will begin.

16.   All four appeared weary, but Halprin struggled visibly with his emotions before the hearing began.

17.   But for Candace, whose hearing began failing four years ago, mastering sign language was unrealistic.

18.   But this reticence was contrasted by the position taken by an administration official who briefed reporters on the same Pentagon budget proposal just before the Senate hearing began.

19.   Confirmation hearings begin in the Senate on the troubled nomination of Nashville physician Henry Foster as the next Surgeon General.

20.   Congressional hearings will begin next week to determine how the end run was made around all normal procedures.