Word: begun
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...current celebrity derives from his many prophesies. His Les Propheties, begun in 1554, consists of 10 volumes, each containing 100 cryptic quartrains (hence the work's common English name, "The Centuries"). John Hogue, a self-styled "Nostradamian," has edited a recently published version of the work entitled Nostradamus: The Complete Prophesies. Hogue fancies himself something of a prophet in his own right and his commentaries give new meaning to the term "exegesis." Nonetheless, he does reproduce the original, archaic French text, so I sat down with his volume to discover what all the clamor was about...
...much potential tax and other savings that Starwood can afford to outbid all comers. When Sternlicht was snapping up smaller companies, heavyweights like Bollenbach took note but didn't fuss. Now that Sternlicht is going after bigger quarry, he's on Bollenbach's radar, and the fuss has just begun. The Hilton boss has been lobbying against the paired-share structure. By opting to go after a big name like ITT, Sternlicht has created a personal Catch-22. If the scrutiny he's invited shows that his paired-share status is an unfair edge, lawmakers may impose limits...
...only things were so simple. Scientists are now reporting that the El Nino warming has begun to slow. Indeed, everyone expects this El Nino to peter out completely by May. The millennium beckons, but, alas, the apocalypse will have to wait...
Sources who asked not to be identified said the government department schism had begun to affect tenure cases at Harvard...
According to Cunningham, cancer mortality has begun to decline significantly in the United States, and the longterm goal of the society is to help achieve a 50 percent reduction in deaths...