" Most subnet mask numbers begin with a string of 255s, such as 255.255.255.0.
The theme of the quick-paced finale begins with a string of arm-blurring chords that flit step by step up the keyboard, then break into dizzying spirals of 16th notes.
One of the most high profile cases began with a string of employee suicides in 2010 at Foxconn, a Chinese manufacturer that makes iPhones and iPads for Apple.
Mr. Kurlansky is forced to begin "Birdseye" with a string of excuses like this: "Surprisingly, the only book Birdseye has left us is a small volume on gardening, which was mostly written by his wife".
The Carpenter case began with a string of robberies in which cell phones, of all things, were stolen from Radio Shacks and T-Mobile stores in Michigan and Ohio not, in other words, a major terrorism or national-security case.
It began in a string of modest, even shabby, apartments -- one of them, on Martel Avenue in West Hollywood, best remembered for the cluster of police cars, drug dealers and prostitutes on the corner.
The Carpenter case began with a string of robberies in which cell phones, of all things, were stolen from Radio Shacks and T-Mobile stores in Michigan and Ohio — not, in other words, a major terrorism or national-security case.
Moving to Asia opened a door to the wider world for Ms. Hazzard, but it was also the beginning of a string of wrenching leave-takings.
And 2011 was the year of the intern lawsuit, the beginning of a string of cases against big names such as Donna Karan, Hearst Corporation, Atlantic Records and PBS's Charlie Rose.
The disruption of a Chinese official's address during the Olympic torch lighting ceremonies in Greece last week was just the beginning of a string of protests planned to coincide with the torch's trip around the globe.
Their closely fought victory at the Battle of Naseby (June 14 , 1645 proved the turning point in parliamentary fortunes and marked the beginning of a string of stunning successes Langport (July 10), Rowton Heath (September 24), and Annan Moor (October 21)—that eventually forced the king to surrender to the Scots at Newark on May 5, 1646.
