1.   Blakeman and the Legislature got off to a bumpy start.

2.   A bumpy start in art school got worse when she came down with mononucleosis and had to drop out and spend two months at home.

3.   But they also have concerns the program will have a bumpy start.

4.   Dealers say that after a bumpy start the Laro company, which had no experience in handling seafood, has improved and has cut unloading costs.

5.   Cruguet also recalled the bumpy start to the Derby, when Slew bumped into the horse to his right coming out of the gate.

6.   Despite some bumpy starts, Israeli companies and their innovations are being noticed by big multinational corporations.

7.   Plenty went right for Clemson late after a bumpy start for the Tigers coupled with a red-hot shooting start for Minnesota.

8.   The turnabout had a bumpy start on Wall Street.

9.   When Fuchs got off to a bumpy start by dismissing several senior Warner executives, he enjoyed unstinting support from Levin.

10.   White House officials plan to meet separately Tuesday with Democrats and Republicans as face-to-face talks over budget-balancing compromises lurch off to a bumpy start.