1.   Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life.

2.   Blake got off to a decent start but never looked as sharp against Morrison, a sophomore whose second-set defeat was his first in the tournament.

3.   A decent start or a more consistent finish and they finish with a top seed.

4.   But a decent start quickly turned into false hope.

5.   Created, written and produced by Carol Flint, the new drama gets off to a decent start but with plenty of room to improve.

6.   Even Little Friday seemed like a decent start, though.

7.   Environmentalists called the move a decent start but insufficient.

8.   Getting at least some decent starts from Stewart stacks up as a precondition to any sustained hot streaks.

9.   He had to watch as his team, after a decent start, lost complete control of the game in the final nine minutes of the half.

10.   He got off to a decent start Saturday night.