1.   A fuel shortage got the holiday season off to a rocky start, and promises to cause further problems this month.

2.   Despite this happy event, the Marriage seemingly got off to a rocky start.

3.   Rangers got off to a rocky start this season.

4.   The rocky start was caused by traders who thought they detected a whiff of inflation in the air.

5.   The speech, one of the annual set-pieces of American politics, is billed as the grand overture to a presidency that has had a rocky start.

6.   Anaheim hit two more doubles before the inning ended, but Saberhagen kept his poise and took command after the rocky start.

7.   Another rocky start, another wild comeback.

8.   As a rookie, Carver got off to a rocky start on and off the field.

9.   As with Sterling Hitchcock, the Yankees will give Rivera the opportunity to overcome a rocky start.

10.   At Home got off to a rocky start amid delays last year in the roll-out of its network.