41. The House eased back into business Monday with a five-minute opening session that featured a prayer, a flag salute and a motion to adjourn. 42. The issue was not raised at the opening session Sunday evening. 43. The greening of the organization, pressure groups argue, should include releasing confidential documents on disputes, opening closed sessions to observers and allowing filing of outside views. 44. The legislator, Merve Kavakci, sent Parliament into an uproar when she appeared at the opening session wearing a Muslim head scarf. 45. The opening session concludes with the second-seeded team of Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Novotna facing Conchita Martinez and Patricia Tarabini. 46. The opening session set the tone by concluding with an exuberant laser-light show. 47. The opening session of the conference last night was unique in one major respect. 48. The potential disputes that lay ahead remained in the background at the opening session, which became instead a moment of defiant celebration for Khatami forces. 49. The rift between Wahid and Megawati was on vivid display Wednesday morning at the opening session of a summit meeting of developing nations here. 50. The two leaders met for a half-hour after the president addressed the opening session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. |
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