61.   Those instructions were issued after Andersen partners were aware that the SEC had begun a preliminary inquiry into the Enron matter, the findings say.

62.   Under its rules, the Senate Ethics Committee will open a preliminary inquiry into the matter.

63.   Pervez refused to enter a plea during the preliminary inquiry in September.

64.   Police said preliminary inquiries pointed to an electrical box on the first floor of the five-story embassy as the likely origin of the blaze.

65.   Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said the preliminary inquiry being conducted by Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths Jr. is not intended to resolve all questions about the incident.

66.   Previously the bureau was conducting a preliminary inquiry and officials had thought it could take some time.

67.   Prosecutors opened a preliminary inquiry into whether the loan arrangement was an illegal gift and whether Torricelli provided favors to the donor in exchange.

68.   Prosecutors said preliminary inquiry hearings will likely not begin until next year.

69.   Quigley said the preliminary inquiry being conducted by Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths Jr. is not intended to resolve all questions about the incident.

70.   A federal watchdog agency has opened a preliminary inquiry into a tongue-in-cheek memo that urged female pages at the state House to dress more provocatively.