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The meeting got off to a rough start when a neighbor called the police to say Gates was breaking into the White House.

While most preparations seem to have lagged, the big finale fireworks display got off to a four-day head start.

Although it got off to a bit of a slow start, Google's Android mobile operating system has caught its stride.

Well, you know, it was a tough day. . . uhm, got off to kind of a slow start. . .

However, since the publication of Sina blog, it has got off to a good start on the basis of effective methods of marketing.

"He got off to a rocky start, " says Allan Meltzer, a professor of economics at Princeton. "But he recovered, things worked out for him. "

Claudio Gentile's all-new Azzurrini got off to a flying start with a 2-0 victory over Norway, even if it was marred by a petulant red card.

Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them were out of the race.

He also had three blocks and was part of the reason Duncan got off to such a rough start.

On game day, Santa Rainbow got off to a rough start in the reindeer riding contest. The mechanical beast bucked him off in a few seconds.

I wouldn't have been so surprised had Vimal and I not got off to such a promising start.

U. S. soybean exports got off to a slow start this marketing year due to stiff South American competition. The U.

In fact, maybe this experiment was the reason that Silicon Valley got off to its great start with innovation.

Chinese New Year celebrations have got off to a loud start in Beijing, where fireworks have lit up the ancient city for miles around.

A look through the history books shows some big-name bosses have got off to worse starts - and survived to win the title.

She got off to a flying start in her new job as a furniture salesgirl.

Premier: China-US relationship got off to a good start after President Obama took office. However, in the past weeks and months, the U.

The project got off to a slow start when it was discovered that no one really knew just who owned the statue.

The runners got off to a flying start and looked like beating the record.

The Rossoneri have been at the forefront for years and this evening they got off to a winning start against AEK Athens.

Today, our weekend got off to a good start, but obviously it is far too early to say where we are compared to the opposition.

When he was a small boy he got off to a poor start in arithmetic.

Because of her parents' opposition and their financial difficulties, the marriage got off to a rather rocky start.

The midfielder's career got off to a dream start when he scored in his debut.

A college economics major because he "had heard good things about something called money, " Adams' business career got off to a dicey start.

It was a good performance and we are pleased to have got off to a good start in this group.

So far the new government has got off to a reasonably trouble-free start.

Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big orders during the first week of opening.

In other words, he got off to taking it up the ass from a two-foot horse dick.

He got off to a bad start here with his injuries and never really got going after missing pre-season.

Google and Microsoft have both recently launched efforts to tackle online medical records, but have got off to a slow start.

Spain themselves got off to a bad start to the World Cup, losing 1-0 to Switzerland after failing to break down a resolute Swiss defence.

They got off to a very bad start, but I think they're on the right path now.

Friday's retail-sales report is expected to show that consumer spending got off to a familiar start this year: a lackluster one.

Obviously he got off to a bad start when he got sent off in the first game.

And although the Arabic blogosphere got off to a late start, it is now booming.

We got off to a bad start. They worked hard, pressed hard and played with great enthusiasm.

The match got off to a very bad start, as we conceded immediately and everything changed from that moment on.

AFTER narrowly winning a divisive presidential election, Ollanta Humala has got off to an unexpectedly calm start as Peru's president.

Mr Noda's new government got off to an unfortunate start when the industry minister resigned, after making a joke about radiation.

When he was a small boy he got off to poor start in arithmetic.

Stefan Vilsmeier's entrepreneurial career could hardly have got off to a more promising start.

The playoffs got off to an odd start when the league experimented with a round-robin format in the first round.

Talks on forming a Palestine national unity government were resumed but got off to a slow start.

EVEN its supporters cannot claim that Germany's centre-right government has got off to an impressive start.

China-US relations got off to a good start after President Obama took office.

Rallies got off to a bloody start on February 16th when three demonstrators were killed in the southern city of Kut.

It says he scored 30 points in one single game and got off to a good start in his NBA career.

The offer of renminbi deposits and currency exchange services by banks in Hong Kong got off to a very encouraging start a week ago.

If you go back to when Chelsea won two titles in a row, they got off to fantastic starts straightaway.

Craig Bellamy got off to a flying start against his old club but he should have scored more.

Well, I feel we really got off to a good start.

A major order ensured that our business got off to a good start.

We got off to a good start, but things are kinda falling apart now.

We kind of got off to a bad start yesterday.

Simone Inzaghi's season has got off to the worst possible start after the Lazio player fractured a rib.

As for Mr. Cameron's Amazon adventure, it got off to a rocky start.

The Vancouver Olympics got off to a dreadful start.

The 28th Olympic Games got off to a flying start after a spectacular opening ceremony.

The most critical week in the euro crisis got off to a flying start.

He's got off to a flying start in his new job.

The weekend's new limited-release films, meanwhile, got off to solid starts.

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The day got off to a bad start when I missed the bus.

Moreover, 2011 has got off to a strong start, with about $14. 7bn-worth of deals to March 23.

Udinese got off to a dream start in 3-0 win over Panathinaikos, with Vincenzo Iaquinta scoring a hat-trick.

The journey from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator got off to an alarming start.

Mr Obama's offer to engage got off to a good start.

However, Mr Fernandes admits the programme has got off to a slower start than he had envisaged.

The year got off to a slow start compared with 2010, when 39 Chinese companies raised $4bn from US listings.

Labour has got off to a bad start.

HBO's "The Pacific" got off to a fair start on Sunday evening, delivering 3. 1 million viewers.

The experiment got off to a slow start in July 2009 but has picked up.

The marriage got off to a rocky start.

The summer got off to a big start with the recent World Environment Day.

The new scheme got off to a good start.

Our holiday got off to a flying start because the weather was good and the trains were on time.

They got off to a good start.

Their marriage got off to rather a shaky start.

One answer is that it got off to a false start.

They got off to stretch their legs.

Hawkes and the Hockeyroos got off to a sluggish start, defeating Great Britain 2-1 and being held to a 1-1 tie by Spain.

It's a long season, but fair play to them because they've got off to a good start.

The US holiday shopping season got off to an encouraging start, with sales on the day after Thanksgiving up 3% from last year.

"While the offshore renminbi business has got off to a fast start, it is still a very imbalanced market, " he says

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