Since 2001, the most unpopular president since polling began has brought a wrecking ball to almost every pillar of American power.
The donors have given lavishly since then: a fund-raising campaign that began 11 months ago has brought in $93 million.
Rather than ending the controversies, the beginning of construction has brought attention to existing legal, procedural and environmental issues, and also created new ones.
But from the beginning, the project has brought together an unusual coalition of opponents, with environmentalists from the most northern, rural reaches of the county uniting with residents from southern urban areas like Mount Vernon.
The global banking crisis that began in 2007 has brought some good books into being, volumes historians will consult when reflecting on these hard times.
Since the current violence began 19 months ago, he has brought together the ambassadors of the United States, Russia and the European Union to help mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians.
The collapse of the American housing market that began in late 2006 has brought our economy to its knees and left Americans from all walks of life without a home or struggling to keep a roof over their head.
The economic recession that began in 2008 has brought to light a series of structural problems in some European economies.
In the years since, a project begun by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMAA) has brought together structural engineers, metallurgists and welding experts to devise better ways of inspecting, repairing, modifying and constructing steel-framed buildings.
Thus began a journey that has brought them winemaking success in an unlikely venue: arid New Mexico.
The second counter-story will begin like this: Donald Trump has brought political anger in America to its boiling point.
