The first Bush administration, for example, began a ban on photographs of flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base that was lifted, after 18 years, in 2009.
Augustine, for example, began a "war of giving" in 403, seeking to outdo the munificent games at Carthage with a huge church-building programme financed by sympathetic locals.
Google, for example, began a program with phone carriers last year that offers wireless users in some developing countries free access to Gmail, search and the first page clicked through from a search's results.
Many of the issues facing the nation or even the world at large are now deemed the business of business -- education, cyberbullying, civil rights, climate change, obesity, same-sex marriage, etc. CEOs of top companies, for example, began an advertising campaign in November warning Congress not to take America over the fiscal cliff.
The hospitals of the University of Chicago, for example, began operating a clinic on such a basis in 1928.
Massachusetts, for example, began imposing a $10 fee for a certificate of blindness so blind or legally blind residents can gain access to state services.
A silvery Titania costume, for example, began with a 1950s taffeta dress embellished with metallic sequins.
Financing for the shortwave radio station, called the Madagascar World Voice, for example, began as a hard earmark request by Representative Pete Sessions, Republican of Texas.
The Queens International Film Festival, for example, began as a nod to the borough's diversity, featuring sidebars of foreign cinema and food and music from the films' native cultures.
Microbes are picked almost at random from the wild (one successful antibiotic, for example, began with a sample collected on Easter Island), then grown in laboratory conditions to see what turns up.
Bayer, for example, began demonstrating a strong concern for environmental issues as early as 1901.
