1.   In Bordeaux, the chateaus have long celebrated the beginning of the season with a huge party called the Fete des Fleurs, or Feast of Flowers.

2.   It is a time for celebrating new beginnings in the shared happiness of friends and friendly crowds.

3.   Subway traffic was light Tuesday and Tokyo seemed subdued, partly because it is a national holiday celebrating the beginning of spring.

4.   The first night the girls celebrated the beginning of summer at bunk parties, eating all the food their parents sent up with them.

5.   We celebrated the beginning of new construction.

6.   Inside the heavily guarded Congress building, a beaming Fujimori celebrated the beginning of an unprecedented third five-year term.

7.   The market was closed Tuesday to celebrate the beginning of the Muslim New Year.