1.   The exterior form is tall, cubical and very simple and represents the beginning of a national style.

2.   An inauguration represents a beginning, not an ending.

3.   But many officials here and in Washington agree that the dismissals represent the beginning of the end.

4.   For many on the East End, its annual opening in early May represented the beginning of the summer season.

5.   For the Nets, it represents the beginning of an arduous five-game trip.

6.   He insisted to Republican senators that this did not represent the beginning of an extended U.S. military presence in Bosnia.

7.   Inauguration of the upgraded Arecibo telescope on Saturday also represented the beginning of a new round of Serendip searches controlled by ever-hopeful astronomers.

8.   It may also represent the beginning of a very different relationship between drivers and their beloved vehicles.

9.   The broom itself held spiritual significance for many Africans, representing the beginning of homemaking for a couple.

10.   The Indus cities represented the beginning of urbanism in the Indian subcontinent.