51.   Time and again this simple formula proves to be a constructive starting point for detailed discussion.

52.   These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation.

53.   They had already walked a couple of miles or more from their starting point.

54.   She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.

55.   The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.

56.   The same map, in combination with ancient human bones, confirms that Africa was the birthplace of humanity and thus the starting point of the original human movements.

57.   He did, however, recognize the report as a starting point for further talks.

58.   So the starting point is what is best for the members.

59.   The starting point dictated by the foregoing assumptions is that all investors envisage the same opportunity set, efficient frontier, capital market line and market portfolio.