1.   And speaking of the exquisite balance of symmetry, please notice that I began this column with the Depression and ended it with dark matter.

2.   He added the statement that began this column.

3.   I began this column by writing that I was Jewish.

4.   I plop down at my cluttered desk and click the keys that will begin this column.

5.   Indeed, a Kansas City Star editorial writer picked another metaphor to begin a column.

6.   Since beginning his column Ooka has been awarded nearly every Japanese literary award.

7.   The SCSI answers the question that began this column.

8.   When she began her column, newspaper editors forbade her from talking about homosexuality.