51.   Kevorkian did not attend the hearing.

52.   Lawrence Haas, an OMB spokesman, said busy schedules prohibited Rivlin and her top deputy, John Koskinen, from attending the hearing.

53.   Last Friday, Sandlin traveled to Mexico to attend a hearing for House.

54.   Long attended the hearings Tuesday, although she did not testify.

55.   Many people who attended the hearing in New Brunswick complained that it takes too long to get a permit, sometimes up to three months.

56.   Moxley will travel from her New Jersey home to attend the hearing.

57.   Michael and Rita Carr attended the hearings but did not have an opportunity to talk to their children, authorities said.

58.   Neither Elian nor his father attended the hearing.

59.   Mrs. Angel has attended many hearings in Family Court, hoping to have her grandchildren given to her, or at least to another of her daughters.

60.   No official of the republic attended the hearing.