41.   It was a promising if tentative start, some modestly hopeful signs after nearly five decades of hostility.

42.   It was a promising start, and the administration should now start working with Congress to deliver a stimulus package as quickly as possible.

43.   It was not a promising start.

44.   Its promising start disintegrates.

45.   It was a promising start to a lifelong avocation.

46.   Most of these schools opened only a year ago, but they are off to a promising start.

47.   Perhaps serving as a harbinger for the frosty afternoon, the Browns botched what could have been a promising start.

48.   Reeling after a promising start, the Ottawa Senators were active in two unpleasant areas Monday.

49.   Sandlin, who had had a promising start at third base, strained ligaments in his right knee and was forced to leave the game after two innings.

50.   Secretary of State Colin Powell, understanding that, appears to have made a promising start toward building international understanding.