41.   Also, the defendants rested their case without calling any witnesses during the three-week civil trial last December.

42.   All they had to do was be patient, and deliver the right verdict in a civil trial.

43.   But attending the civil trial is her first priority.

44.   But a deputy sheriff who fingerprinted Sprewell upon his reckless driving charge that led to the civil trial had a different take on his appearance.

45.   But even if Simpson is found liable in the civil trial, it appeared unlikely they would achieve more success.

46.   But in the civil trial, which will begin Tuesday, the rules are changed.

47.   But in the civil trial, he has steadfastly denied that he ever hit her.

48.   But their hopes to summon Lewinsky to the Little Rock civil trial were overruled by Judge Wright after independent counsel Kenneth Starr claimed priority.

49.   But the civil trial was held in Santa Monica, among mostly white and better-heeled West Siders.

50.   But they were not permitted to argue in the civil trial, as the defense had in the criminal trial, that some of the investigators were racists.