61.   As Hollywood began to pay more attention to opening weekend grosses, so did the news media.

62.   As it is, what begins as unassumingly dull wanders into disarming chaos.

63.   As rain spreads north Tuesday night, residual cold, dry air in the central Appalachians will cause the precipitation to begin as a period of snow and ice.

64.   As the rain spreads north, it may begin as a period of freezing rain in some of the valleys of central and northern New England.

65.   As explained previously, the Dow Jones Industrial Average began as a simple average of the prices of several industrial stocks.

66.   As she explained at the beginning of class, belly dancing began as a physical and spiritual preparation for childbirth thousands of years ago.

67.   As for drinking blood, Coffin claims her obsession began as a child because she liked the taste.

68.   As Taliban lines begin to break an hour after the offensive is launched, attack units call for reinforcements.

69.   As trading began, Alfred E. Goldman, chief strategist at A.G. Edwards in St. Louis, made a sweepingly upbeat declaration.

70.   As with so many artists who begin as defiant Prince Hals and end as conquering King Henrys, the term suggests a time prior to widespread acclaim.