51.   The Globe reported in February that the agency had begun a preliminary inquiry into the matter.

52.   The European Parliament has voted to form a committee to investigate the matter and a French prosecutor has begun a preliminary inquiry.

53.   The FBI is also continuing its preliminary inquiry of possible civil rights violations in the death of Thomas.

54.   The Justice Department has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into the conduct of the former San Antonio mayor.

55.   The law requires that Attorney General Janet Reno turn the review into a preliminary inquiry if she finds specific evidence of wrongdoing from a credible source.

56.   The news that securities regulators have turned their preliminary inquiry into a formal investigation was disclosed Monday in an unrelated state bond offering for construction on college campuses.

57.   The preliminary inquiry is being conducted by David Pitofsky, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which oversees Long Island.

58.   The preliminary inquiry dragged on for more than two years.

59.   The Securities and Exchange Commission has also begun a preliminary inquiry into the situation, according to a person close to the matter.

60.   Those calls are the subject of a Justice Department preliminary inquiry that could lead to appointment of an independent counsel.