1.   As soon as federal agents began their seige of the Freemen in Montana this spring, Smith expected repercussions in Georgia.

2.   At that point, he said, the agent began to hit him with the side of his foot and leg, knocking him down.

3.   Bowers said Customs agents have begun focusing more attention on shipments from the Middle East and Europe, and the chronically understaffed Customs agency is striving to work smarter.

4.   A second agent began screaming at him.

5.   After Courtney pleaded guilty, federal agents began interviewing him again in March.

6.   Agents also began to suffer from boredom from the monotony of sitting in the same place for hours on end.

7.   Agents began conversing on computer bulletin board chat lines and developing intelligence on people who expressed an interest in child pornography.

8.   Agents then began to call Vinatieri, who was representing himself, telling him they could get him more money.

9.   But as the U.S. Hispanic population grows, many literary agents are beginning to believe that Hispanic authors could eventually tap into a new, gigantic market.

10.   But then agents began dropping by several times a day and following him, a common FBI ploy to unnerve potential suspects.