31.   Only five alternate jurors remain, and the trial, now in its fourth month, is far less than half over.

32.   Perhaps the only real excitement during this first week of the Whitewater trial was created outside the courtroom by an alternate juror.

33.   Selection of alternate jurors in the O.J. Simpson case continued to move at a slow pace, with several prospective panelists dropped from service.

34.   Six alternate jurors also will be picked as the trial is expected to last until May.

35.   Staring at the reality of crime, one alternate juror, a white woman, seemed to lose her breath.

36.   Strand appointed an alternate juror in her place, and the panel ultimately found Symington guilty on charges that he had submitted fraudulent financial statements to lenders.

37.   That plan was scuttled Wednesday morning, however, when Dowd protested and successfully petitioned for the addition of an alternate juror.

38.   The alternate juror leaned forward in her seat, inadvertently entering the line of view of the camera on the wall behind the jury.

39.   The alternate jurors were discharged last Thursday when the jury started its deliberations.