1.   A highly qualified horticulturist found his responsible and mainly administrative post terribly exhausting after his hearing became impaired.

2.   At some memorable low points, hearings have become a gantlet of accusation, interest group warfare and public humiliation.

3.   A trial judge probably would have made the parties focus on the loan, but Jones allowed the hearing to become an impromptu therapy session.

4.   Bush said Senate confirmation hearings had become too partisan.

5.   He saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany, and his hearing became slightly impaired because of the noise during tank engagements in which he took part.

6.   Hearings have become more civil and businesslike in recent years.

7.   His Supreme Court confirmation hearing became the focus of national attention when he was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill.

8.   However, the nomination hearing may become a forum for Republicans to renew their calls to cut the Commerce Department or eliminate it entirely.

9.   The bill requires three more hearings to become law and it could become derailed by political maneuvering.

10.   The extradition hearing became a stage where British officials and Irish nationalists debated the politics of Northern Ireland.