81.   The agency has begun to look for other domestic or foreign sources of penicillin G, which it considers essential for treating some conditions.

82.   The agency is beginning to address that issue, he said.

83.   The agency began surveying the utility companies it oversees last spring, and Besser says she is satisfied with their preparations.

84.   The agency has also begun a study, which may not be completed until next year, that may decide to close the reactor permanently.

85.   The agency has begun sounding out some of the food companies, said Dr. Derek Yach, executive director for noncommunicable diseases, and they seem willing to cooperate.

86.   The agency has begun to prioritize complaints and now tosses out as many as one-fifth as having little merit.

87.   The agency recently began releasing the new ads with little fanfare.

88.   The companies continued collecting higher rates until less than two years ago, when state agencies began investigating, said Oxendine.

89.   The Globe reported in February that the agency had begun a preliminary inquiry into the matter.

90.   The new agency began a campaign featuring a fictitious advertising executive named Dick who was roundly criticized for lowbrow humor and questionable taste.