51.   Now, the timetable is unclear, though several lawmakers said they hoped the hearings could begin this summer.

52.   Officials confirmed Monday that hearings will begin next month on the best way to increase the number of area codes in eastern Massachusetts from four to eight.

53.   Once the hearing began, Bergantino was called as a witness anyway.

54.   Over the years, he had grown more disturbed as the hearing began to wane.

55.   Phillips, who represented Nichols at a hearing in Wichita the next day, did not meet his client until just before the hearing began.

56.   Pre-trial hearings began in both cases in the Leon County Courthouse in Tallahassee on Tuesday and trials were expected to begin today.

57.   Pretrial hearings begin today before Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Peter Blanc.

58.   Prosecutors had started to show the tape when the hearing began Friday, but within seconds defense attorneys jumped to their feet and objected.

59.   Sand left open the possibility that the defense could, after the hearing began, make a more narrow request for closing part of it.

60.   Robards, whose streaked blond hair was pulled back into a ponytail, exposing delicate features and pale skin, sobbed softly before the hearing began.