1.   The recession started biting deeply into British industry.

2.   COMPANY failures in England and Wales have soared to their highest level more than three an hour since the recession started more than two years ago.

3.   Although the recession officially started last March, when the economy clearly began to weaken, there has been only one quarter of negative growth.

4.   An official declaration that a recession has started would increase the pressure on Congress and the administration to come to agreement on an economic stimulus package.

5.   At least the Greenspan Fed did not raise the rate just as a recession was starting.

6.   A recession did start, but it was cut short by the surging stock market.

7.   A year ago, even as the recession was starting, the federal government projected surpluses far into the future.

8.   But it will do so only if the recession starts now and drags on for longer than even the gloomiest now expect.

9.   But the market changed after the recession started, said Chief Financial Officer Vincent Klinges.

10.   But the NBER says the recession really started in March.