31.   Predictably, some residents began lobbying for clearing the town square of rubble and building anew.

32.   Residents had just begun emerging from shelters after another barrage on Thursday, and the streets were crowded with shoppers for the Jewish Sabbath.

33.   Residents are only beginning to voice qualms about the roving eyes.

34.   Residents began wanting the computers as presents for their children.

35.   Residents immediately began signing petitions, asking Attorney General Janet Reno to take the case and apply the death penalty statute.

36.   Residents began to evacuate a nearby orphanage, but two children were reported killed and five injured as the fire spread to the building.

37.   Residents have begun to raise questions, led by Rowley, Mass., group, We the People.

38.   Residents have only begun to inspect cemeteries, where the earthquake likely damaged or cracked grave markers across the region, Thatcher said.

39.   Soon, residents began congregating at the site to look at the horrible scene.

40.   Slowly, residents began to respond favorably.