91.   A commercial for Duke Nukem, a Playstation game, opens with a hail of bullets.

92.   A new publishing house, Berlin Verlag, opened with fanfare last month.

93.   A new Stars is scheduled to open with Andrew Yap as owner, Stanley Morris as general manager and Christopher Fernandez as chef.

94.   A gospel choir was on hand, and the service opened with African rituals that included chants and drums.

95.   A lot of horses have opened with three consecutive victories and plenty have run this fast this early in their careers.

96.   A recent service opened with a procession by robed clergy, as would be seen among Episcopalians or Roman Catholics.

97.   A new world opens with each new season.

98.   A TV ad opens with scenes of Beacon Hill, a rower sculling on the Charles River, and Pops musicians moving through an airport.

99.   A typical issue might open with a seasonally appropriate quotation from Swinburne, Wordsworth or Dylan Thomas.

100.   Administration officials also say that other channels of communication have been opened with Iran, but would not give details about what they were.