The trial has not raised anyone's blood pressure and has been as low key as the gray-suited defendants.

The trial also raised several First Amendment media access issues that required rulings from the court throughout the proceedings.

Outside the courtroom, the trial raises the issue of how far the United States is willing to go in helping countries combat terrorism.

The trial, which is expected to last six weeks, will raise deep questions about the integrity of Mr. Street's administration.

His arrest and trial, which began Thursday, raised wide interest in Teheran, the papers said.

But the trial also raised some troubling issues that the verdict alone did not resolve.

The trial also raises questions about the proper limits of landlords' responsibility for conditions in buildings they own but do not actively manage.

And at this defining moment, all parties would do well to step back and meditate upon a much larger issue that the trial has raised.

Nor have they laid out their views on the kind of antitrust issues that the Microsoft case and the yearlong trial have raised.

They say the administration seems unaware that trials that appear to include shortcuts to win convictions may raise suspicions around the world.