31.   Sunday morning, two young golfers from the suburb of Dundonald opened the debate at the municipal course.

32.   Supporters of opening the debate dismissed the notion that senators should be treated like normal jurors.

33.   Teplizky said the opposition had blocked the proposals as an indirect way to open a debate on the sale of Codelco by the state.

34.   That amendment and the proposal on the Endangered Species Act were among a half-dozen proposals that the Senate adopted as it opened debate on the spending bill Tuesday night.

35.   The Democrats plan to open debate on the issue next week.

36.   The debate was opened Friday evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had returned the night before from the Arab League meeting in Beirut, Lebanon.

37.   The discrepancies have opened a debate among many team executives on whether the rule should be changed to allow updated medical reports.

38.   The House opened debate Wednesday and will vote Thursday on a balanced-budget blueprint that challenges the fundamentals of the federal government.

39.   The idea of a tax-free Internet has opened a debate that has been confined so far to warring factions of conservative Republicans.

40.   The military operation, called Operation Desert Fox, continued as the House opened debate on impeachment charges against President Clinton.