31.   The hearing came hours before the Senate was to take up a Republican-sponsored resolution condemning clemency for the Puerto Ricans.

32.   The government said the one-day hearing could come as early as the second week of March.

33.   The hearing came as Environmental Defense, a pro-environment group, released what it said were internal Corps documents.

34.   The hearing came just a week before space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to carry yet another American astronaut, David Wolf, up to Mir.

35.   The hearing came two days after Iraq allowed Western diplomats to visit the Americans for the first time.

36.   The hearing comes at a time when producers face historic low prices for commodities and emotions are running high.

37.   The hearings came while Lebed was at a NATO meeting in Brussels.

38.   The hearing came a day after Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay, who has close ties to President George W. Bush, resigned his post.

39.   The hearing came on the six-month anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, noted Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

40.   The second hearing comes three days after another former president, Chun Doo-hwan, was indicted on similar charges.