1.   As the impeachment hearings were opening in Congress last week, Clinton was touring Asia aboard Air Force One and cheering the U.S. troops guarding the South Korean border.

2.   As the hearing opened, Republicans focused their attack on perjury charges against Clinton.

3.   Before the hearings opened, the new Democratic minority was fearful of being outdone on Waco.

4.   Lake said that much to his surprise he enjoyed the thrust and parry with the Senate committee when the hearings finally opened last week.

5.   Reauthorization hearings opened in the Senate Thursday morning, with Chairwoman Jane Alexander testifying before the Labor and Human Resources Committee.

6.   The hearings opened Tuesday with lawmakers doing most of the talking and consuming most of the half-day schedule.

7.   The hearing opens Wednesday with testimony from representatives of the Chip pewa bands and the dog track owner.

8.   The hearings have opened the curtain on a company that bungled its way into bankruptcy protection.

9.   The House hearings opened with unusually harsh skirmishing.

10.   The question will be debated for some time, because the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing will only open a debate that will likely last all summer.