41.   Analysts say the NetPC began as a cover-yourself exercise in case the NC took off.

42.   And at Decca, too, he began as a keyboardist, accompanying Georg Kulenkampff in violin sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart.

43.   And as Web sites all increasingly offer everything, we as consumers may begin to seek out the more discriminating.

44.   And lately, what began as a grungy salon of the downtown lit pack has begun to develop an outsized reputation.

45.   And Ronald Reagan began as a governor.

46.   And to think it all happened on what began as a routine play.

47.   And two fight scenes begin as erotic encounters.

48.   And what began as a steady growth in investor interest has now turned into a full-scale rally.

49.   And, now, you join me in East Haddam, Conn., where, as in other places, I have begun to mark the land.

50.   And to think the afternoon began as Sox Family Day, with the wives and children of the players frolicking on the field before the game.