31.   All justices and the barristers who speak before the court wear the formal white wigs.

32.   Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, speaks before the National Association of Business Economists on topics including the Consumer Price Index.

33.   Both men were here to speak before the U.N. General Assembly.

34.   Bush spoke before the Florida ruling, which enabled him to comment on the known and seemingly positive development of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

35.   But Gramm has been an outspoken supporter of the organization and is slated to speak before its convention next week in Phoenix.

36.   But Perry and other defense officials who spoke before a skeptical Senate Armed Services Committee acknowledged that there is a high risk of American casualties.

37.   But Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, speaking before the committee vote, said confirming Ashcroft was not the way to achieve it.

38.   But the former full-time homemaker and mother of three adult children has accepted invitations to speak before large groups around the world and in the United States.

39.   But the following month, Bush encouraged speculation again when he spoke before the staunchly conservative California Republican Assembly.

40.   By declining, Gore became the first presidential nominee in nearly a century not to speak before the group, Lance said.