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But the story stops just as the ’70s were commencing —meaning his relationship with Carly Simon, whom he wed in 1972, is not a part of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2020

On Thursday, when it got about that the British Parliament had been called in special session, that Great Britain and France were commencing to mobilize in earnest, the German people began to sober down.

From Time Magazine Archive

Japanese wounded, brought all the way home from China, were commencing to arrive in trainloads at Tokyo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jack might have preferred staying in Chester, where things were commencing to grow pretty warm along the line of athletics, his favorite diversion.

From Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Overton, Mark

Now, however, it became clear that we were leaving it behind, and were commencing our adventurous voyage through the open sea to Timor.

From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis