11.   And after her appearance before the panel Friday, with Helms absent, it appeared her nomination would go through.

12.   And on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Warren Christopher was stunned when an appearance before a House subcommittee turned into a forum for attacks on the plan.

13.   As the legal battle was taking shape, a former Pentagon colleague of Ms. Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, completed her fifth appearance before the grand jury.

14.   At his first appearance before a judge, he broke down in tears.

15.   At the almost-joint appearance before the DNC last weekend, Gore made his first speech in seven years devoid of reverent mention of the name Clinton.

16.   Beamon was taken downtown and made an appearance before Juvenile Court Judge Darlene Whitten.

17.   Between appearances before the grand jury, Lenzner said he would challenge the subpoena on the ground that he was protected from testifying by lawyer-client privilege.

18.   Bond investors, meantime, awaited a report due tomorrow on third quarter employment costs and an appearance before Congress by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday.

19.   Both sides had spent much of the week preparing for his appearance before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

20.   A recent appearance before the conservative American Enterprise Institute left him heartened by his reception.