I think they are beginning to wake up. I will be able to make that judgement, let's say, by the end of Wednesday,

The council is beginning to look at these issues more critically and with a bit more of an open mind,

This is the beginning of the process, not the end.

I am relieved that this saga is now over, ... I made it clear from the beginning that the boy belongs with his father.

I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead.

Nuclear conflict remains a very real, and very terrifying possibility at the beginning of the 21st century, ... This is the stark reality confronting you today.