1.   I sensed that the mood was beginning to turn.

2.   Already the mood has begun to change in this area, which is now almost exclusively populated by Hutu.

3.   As the demonstrations continued, the mood began to change, particularly among the party elders.

4.   As record labels began to show interest, the mood began to change.

5.   But already, the mood was beginning to sour.

6.   But lately the mood has begun to brighten.

7.   But Russian-American meetings became decidedly less jovial as Yeltsin grew unpopular and unpredictable and anti-US moods began to prevail in Russia.

8.   The mood began to improve Tuesday when Turkish officials said they had reached a tentative agreement with the IMF.