31.   Adding to the chill will be the aluminum seats in the stadium, where the two-hour opening ceremony will begin after the sun sets.

32.   After seven years filled with political wrangling, the three-day burial ceremony began Wednesday in Yekaterinburg.

33.   Before the ceremonies began, relatives argued with airline officials to allow every member of their families present to attend the services.

34.   Because of time differences, the ceremony began in the morning in Asia and after midnight in Europe.

35.   Both leaders intently studied the peace agreements on the raised stage until just moments before the signing ceremony began.

36.   Bush and his wife, Laura, arrived shortly before the ceremony began.

37.   Even as the ceremonies began, the dispute surrounding the event carried on.

38.   In the South Korean capital of Seoul, the government set off firecrackers as the awards ceremony began in Oslo.

39.   Salt Lake organizing chief Mitt Romney said the flag also would have a prominent role in a nationally televised show before the ceremony begins.