1.   If the justices turn it down, pretrial proceedings could begin as early as this summer.

2.   Judging from the physical evidence made public so far during pretrial proceedings, the case against Simpson appears forceful.

3.   Legal observers differ over whether the glacial pace of these pretrial proceedings is ponderous or proper.

4.   Pretrial proceedings are under way in all three cases, and plaintiffs have had some preliminary successes.

5.   Pretrial proceedings had been suspended five weeks ago in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

6.   Portions of the files were given him as part of pretrial proceedings.

7.   The simplified case, which seemed interminable in the two years of pretrial proceedings, took off like a rocket.

8.   The videotape in question is separate from a tape discussed at pretrial proceedings in June.

9.   Tripp, too, has been absent from the pretrial proceedings.

10.   Pretrial proceedings continued Monday at a military court in Belgrade, a defense attorney told reporters.