"But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The South was beginning to suffer from a lack of supplies and men for its armies.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

"The development environment, the programming languages, some of the libraries that are used were things that Steve Jobs was very tightly connected to from the very beginning.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

The North was beginning to suffer from a lack of fighting spirit.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The idea,from the beginning, was to make the Boston Pops feel like a different way to experience music.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"We were committed from the beginning to reset the U.S.- Russia relationship because we saw it as essential to making progress on our top priorities, from counter-terrorism, to nuclear security and nonproliferation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"After the financial crisis that South Africa is just beginning to emerge from, the big priority for President Zuma and for the South African government is investment and attracting investment into South Africa."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

"The advice I would give is to be organized from the beginning of the competition, and do everything perfectly, prepare the schedule of the match, prepare the volunteers earlier, everything concerning the tournament,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12