The following year, the college nabbed the first -- and so far only -- commencement speech by Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central's satirical news pundit.
Serum calcium concentrations were significantly different between treated groups in the eighth week only after commencement of treatment (P = 0.0001).
Circulating concentrations of vitamin D should be measured in all patients with breast cancer, not only before commencement of treatment but also during adjuvant procedures, and during follow-up periods.
And they're only beginning," said Fareed Zakaria, opinion writer for the Washington Post, when he gave a commencement speech at Duke University in last May.
May is the season not only for commencements but also for reunions.
He has missed only three scheduled commencement addresses, because of traffic and late start times, according to his campaign office.
At Vassar College, where I work, we lent six wheelchairs to families attending commencement, but only five were returned.
It was only after the commencement of American bombing that the Taliban line was broken and John Lindh fled along with other Taliban troops to Kunduz, 60 miles away.
Only at the commencement of his career did Bernini carve gallery sculpture for princely collectors, but the majority of Canova's works belong to this category.
Are they chasing an illusion that takes authority from tradition alone, or are we still only at the commencement stage of discovery?
"We are only in the commencement of really studying the underground world," says Badino.
