1.   And Hyde, seated beneath a portrait of former Representative Peter Rodino, the Democratic chairman of the Nixon impeachment hearings, grew increasinly exasperated.

2.   And it was a chance to act statesmanlike while avoiding impeachment hearings at home.

3.   And Friday, Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which would conduct any impeachment hearings, volunteered a statement.

4.   And in the end, the spectacle of rancorous impeachment hearings in an election year could slice right into the slight Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

5.   And, just hours before the start of the impeachment hearings he landed in Tokyo.

6.   As the House starts impeachment hearings, the Republic teeters on such distinctions.

7.   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.

8.   As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Hyde would be in charge of any impeachment hearings against Clinton.

9.   As the second-ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Menomonee Falls Republican F. James Sensenbrenner played a major role in the historic impeachment hearings.

10.   A conversation with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, who sits on the House Judiciary committee, on the possibility of impeachment hearings.