31.   Sgt. Robert Koval of the Newark police said that on Friday the department began treating the loss as a crime.

32.   So, two years ago, the department began a childhood asthma initiative.

33.   So the department began a more vigorous campaign of reclaiming the fuel and replacing it with material that is not usable in bombs.

34.   That jobless rate is the lowest since the department began keeping records under the system adopted three decades ago for calculating the unemployment rate.

35.   The admissions department began corresponding more effectively with possible students.

36.   The approach in Ithaca goes beyond that of other cities in which police departments have begun policing programs for dealing with the mentally ill.

37.   The city police department will soon begin offering language programs.

38.   The department began replacing the signs in the Kansas City area this year.

39.   The department has begun surveying shooting-range enthusiasts about what it wants at the range.

40.   The department began its investigation after a black worker complained to the department in December that there was widespread discrimination at the company.