61.   Gilbert said he did not expect the trial for a declaration of innocence and wrongful imprisonment to begin before next summer, given the complexity of the case.

62.   Gingrich and his allies hatched the idea at a series of dinner meetings that began long before the November election brought them to power.

63.   Gatton was dropped from the label last year, but not before Fender began manufacturing a Danny Gatton Signature Telecaster.

64.   Hawkins flat-out suggested waiting until the playoffs begin before McMillan attempts a comeback.

65.   He added that his inquiry began before the strike threat this month by the union over job security.

66.   He already has dropped five pounds in three days thanks to extensive conditioning work that begins before the team workouts.

67.   He did not specify whether development work would begin before the lifting of the seven-year-old U.N. oil and trade embargo on Iraq.

68.   He started out to be a jazz guitarist but found his great passion on the byways of an arcane craft, one that began centuries before jazz was born.

69.   Heated battle began weeks before the U.S. bombing.