1.   At a packed Senate hearing, the rival company presidents sat side-by-side at the witness table, sniping at each other and each others senator.

2.   At the witness table on Tuesday and at a House hearing Wednesday, Steiner is expected to stick by his diary.

3.   At the outset of his testimony Thursday, Dolan spoke to the aggrieved taxpayers who preceded him at the witness table.

4.   A couple of twentysomething lobbyists seated in the front rows behind the witness table glanced back scornfully, shaking their heads in bemused disapproval.

5.   But Simpson, sitting next to Carter at the witness table, said he could not possibly have told Carter about the donations because he knew nothing of them.

6.   Chiles, sitting several feet away at the witness table, smiled happily.

7.   Duncan departed after less than five minutes at the witness table.

8.   During a recess, Alberty cried beside the witness table and said testifying was very difficult.

9.   Landon was suddenly asked as he sat largely silent at the witness table.

10.   Mary Frances Berry, the chairwoman of the commission, hotly denied the allegation as they sat next to each other at the witness table.