When eating a meal, Americans begin with the soup and end up with fruits.

美国人用餐时先喝汤，最后吃水果。

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If UNMOVIC were to compromise on either of these, we might end up with Iraq begin declared free of WMD, when if fact all that would be certain is that UNMOVIC could not find any evidence of WMD.

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When faced with a creative task, where you begin has a huge impact on where you end up.

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