1.   It was not an auspicious beginning.

2.   Served with a spicy-sweet mustard sauce, this was an auspicious beginning to our meal.

3.   But after an auspicious beginning, things plummet downhill fast.

4.   Certainly the Pathfinder mission as a whole had some bad luck after its amazingly auspicious beginning.

5.   Following those auspicious beginnings, Eberharter ran into physical problems, suffering debilitating knee injuries that required surgery followed by long rehabilitation.

6.   For a sophisticated restaurant located in a neighborhood known more for pornographic bookstores than haute cuisine, it was hardly an auspicious beginning.

7.   If a leader is to judged by his record, Musharraf has not had an auspicious beginning.

8.   It is not an auspicious beginning.

9.   It was about as auspicious a beginning as the Yankees could possibly have hoped for.

10.   It was a startling ending to a writing career with auspicious beginnings.