81.   The closeness started before Jackie got to the majors.

82.   The catalogue led me to believe that they would bloom in August or September, but they started before the end of July.

83.   The company was hurt because programming delays kept its name-your-own-price gasoline service from starting before the busy summer travel months.

84.   The chute is the straightaway past the backstretch where sprinters start before reaching the main track.

85.   The contraction from a bustling little town to a crossroads started well before World War II.

86.   The erosion of the presidency started long before Clinton.

87.   The hostilities started even before the game.

88.   The humor started hours before prime time.

89.   The major question of when it would start remains unresolved, although it is unlikely it could start before a year from now, these sources said.

90.   The New York Public Library is offering a tour of the information highway that starts before the wheel was invented and ends somewhere in cyberspace.