31.   The Joost family hired its own private investigators.

32.   The Levy family hires equally high-powered lawyer Billy Martin.

33.   The Joost family hired its own private investigator.

34.   The McDonald family has hired agent Jeff Moorad of Newport Beach, Calif., to advise them during negotiations.

35.   The Quance family has hired an attorney in Colorado Springs, where the headquarters for U.S. Swimming is located.

36.   They said Lindh was not advised that his family had hired a lawyer or that there were military lawyers in the vicinity.

37.   Three years ago, the family hired a top-notch consultant to teach them how.

38.   When leads dissolved, her family hired private investigators and psychics, and began an extensive ground search armed with fliers and bumper stickers.

39.   When the family hired a lawyer to settle an insurance claim, the boys tried to decipher the legal terminology.

40.   When business began to bounce back, the family hired younger, more eager workers.