61.   Is it still effective, or does this season mark the beginning of a slow erosion of what Johnson helped build?

62.   It could mark the beginning of a significant retreat from the U.S. market as Japanese banks sell assets to raise capital, analysts said.

63.   It could mark the beginning of a significant retreat from U.S. financial services as Japanese banks sell assets to raise capital, analysts said.

64.   It marked the beginning of the end of childish innocence, an emergence toward reality.

65.   It marked the beginning of what is to be a typically varied season.

66.   It marks the beginning of amazing rock formations stretching along the northeastern coast beyond.

67.   It also marked the beginning of two decades of battle between homosexual and conservative Christian activists over the issue of gay rights.

68.   It marked the beginning of a period of incomprehensible domestic fear and vulnerability.

69.   It marks the beginning of a foreign-policy confrontation with Congress, which has grown increasingly hostile toward China and impatient with the lopsided trade relationship.

70.   It was the game that marked the beginning of the end for coach Dennis Erickson.