For it marked the beginning of the end of the world's wooden navies.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

"and that was the beginning of the end.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

He says,Iraq must also determine how to cooperate and coordinate, beginning now and until the end of 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Some lawmakers say stopping Saturday delivery could mark the beginning of the end of traditional mail.

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

"And we are going forward and we will come out at the end of October, beginning of November, with this new approach because something has to be changed."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

But the end of World War II signaled the beginning of the Cold War between the United States and Russia in which CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers played a central role.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07