The Devil Rays have never won 70 games in a season, and their start doesn't offer any likelihood of their doing it this year.

But just before the official start of spring on March 20, the low temperatures offered allergy sufferers a reprieve, he said.

"This new start and coalition offer us new opportunities," Mrs. Merkel said Monday.

"Not a good start to summer after having a terrible winter," was all Jennifer Anderson, 30, could offer as she sat reading "Men and Other Mammals."

The start of registration at Wembley offered moments that would still seem unlikely in some parts of the Middle East.

The start of Amazing Stories in 1926 finally offered a venue for this story.

An early start in the morning offered much better prospects.

At least Saturday's start by Reed, who has been the Mets' ace, can offer hope.

To the Colonisation Commission and its supporters the start of the First World War offered a solution to all their problems.

The start of the eighth offered a glimpse into the heart of the Yankees.