91.   Bill Clinton began as a congressional candidate and attorney general in Arkansas.

92.   Beginning as a clerk, he rose to a senior position in an investment company whose holdings included a Spanish railway.

93.   Beginning as a dancer and choreographer, she sidestepped into the role of conceptual director.

94.   Begun as a means of promoting private rail travel, Amtrak was granted monopoly status and annual infusions of money by Congress.

95.   BizRate, which began as a service that rates the performance of online vendors, now offers price comparisons as well.

96.   Bharti began as a maker of conventional telephones and now ranks among the leading communications companies in India, with wireless, fixed line and broadband services.

97.   Bono, born Salvatore Phillip Bono in Detroit, began as a behind-the-scenes player in the music business.

98.   Born in Jersey City, N.J., he began as a delivery driver and earned his management degree by taking night classes at Rutgers University.

99.   Both the Whigs and the Republicans began as congressional, not presidential, parties.

100.   Bowden began as an actor and was also a director.