71.   The department also began withdrawing nonessential personnel and their families Wednesday from embassies in Israel and Kuwait.

72.   The department began scaling back that criminal investigation this spring, and this summer, several deadlines for filing criminal charges passed without any action.

73.   The problems have since been corrected, and some police departments have begun handing out the locks.

74.   Transportation departments also began to use more native wildflowers and grasses alongside highways.

75.   The Greek justice department has begun an inquiry into his activities.