1.   A former state senator cut the ribbon to reopen the place.

2.   The challengers include two congressmen and a heterodox former Republican senator who stirs strong emotions on both sides of the political fence.

3.   The former Republican senator from Maine brings priorities that spell hope for companies worried about further cuts to military spending.

4.   In Connecticut, where the outgoing Democratic governor declined to run, a former liberal Republican senator, Lowell Weicker, won the contest as an independent.

5.   Also arrested in connection with drug smuggling were former OEK senator Hokkans Baules and former House of Representatives member Francisco Asanuma.

6.   Others to share a Cheers beer mat include former senator Gary Hart, Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future and, in the final episode, Tom Berenger.

7.   Also present on that trip was Tim Wirth, the former Colorado senator who is the president of the U.N. Foundation.

8.   Although the ad never mentions Bradley, it is a direct slap at the former New Jersey senator.

9.   Among the advocates of change are Alan Simpson, Nancy Kassebaum Baker and six other former senators.