1.  Although the trial is technically now under way with jury selection, it will begin in earnest when opening statements begin -- probably in January.

2.  Attorneys were ordered to return to court Monday to finish opening statements.

3.  After opening statements, the government will begin presenting its case.

4.  But the composition of the jury, which has already lost five members since opening statements, may change yet again.

5.  During opening statements prosecutors plan to use several exhibits, including one that depicts blood police drew from O.J. Simpson.

6.  Even before opening statements Saturday, suits had run out of seats.

7.  Ito said he would hear the motion next week before opening statements on Thursday.

8.  Judge Carter said he would rule on these arguments before hearing opening statements in the casethis morning.

9.  Lawyers have declined to comment, saying state District Judge Katie Kennedy did not want them to discuss the trial before opening statements.

10.  Neither harried nor hurried, Starr used every minute of his two hour opening statement to restate his case against Clinton in slow emphatic tones.