11.   Already, he said, the department has begun to cull records from city hospitals to determine the most dangerous streets for children.

12.   But Harwell said the department began looking into removing the fixtures before the recent case.

13.   Four years later the department of agriculture began replacing Afrikaans with English as the language of instruction.

14.   Friday, Washington Police Chief Fred Thomas said his department had begun both a criminal investigation and an internal inquiry into the way local officers handled the complaints.

15.   Garamendi said Thursday the department would begin processing the remaining orders as quickly as possible.

16.   He said the department had also begun requesting financial records relating to terrorists that until Friday could have been kept secret.

17.   If anything, the qualifications hurdle has risen in recent years, they said, since the department began requiring candidates to finish two years of college.

18.   In August, the department began holding monthly phosphorus meetings in West Palm Beach, but it has canceled the final sessions while it works on its decision in-house.

19.   In February, the department began taking down the complaints and forwarding written reports to the review board.

20.   In addition, the panel urged that samples be taken in each of the five boroughs every day, a practice the department began in May.