What began as a hillbilly burlesque soon evolved into one of the most imaginative, popular and well-drawn strips of the 20th century.

What began with rules (" canons ") adopted by the Apostles at the Council of Jerusalem in the first century has developed into a highly complex legal system encapsulating not just norms of the New Testament, but some elements of the Hebrew ( Old Testament ), Roman, Visigothic, Saxon, and Celtic legal traditions.

What began as a programme of marginal acts has become the largest arts festival in the world, with 1867 different shows being staged in 2006, in 261 venues.

On the Union, historian Simon Schama said " What began as a hostile merger, would end in a full partnership in the most powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of the most astonishing transformations in European history.

What initially began as a radio show on then pirate Kiss FM went on to become a weekly radio podcast and also the name of live nightclub events showcasing the talents of a number of Ninja Tune artists.

What was perhaps most significant for the LXX, as distinct from other Greek versions, was that the LXX began to lose Jewish sanction after differences between it and contemporary Hebrew scriptures were discovered ( see above ).

What is now a single network of lines controlled by a single organisation began as a collection of independent underground railway companies that constructed lines in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

On the new kingdom, the historian Simon Schama said, " What began as a hostile merger would end in a full partnership in the most powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of the most astonishing transformations in European history.

What the PDRY government failed to tell the YAR government was that it wished to be the dominant power in any unification, and left wing rebels in North Yemen began to receive extensive funding and arms from South Yemen.

What began as a communication between president and Congress has become a communication between the president and the people of the United States.

Heidegger's influence on French philosophy began in the 1930s, when Being and Time, " What is Metaphysics?

Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 ) was Robert Aldrich's follow-up to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ?, in which he planned to reunite Davis and Crawford, but when Crawford withdrew allegedly due to illness soon after filming began, she was replaced by Olivia de Havilland.

What began as the " Glenn Miller Orchestra Under the Direction of Tex Beneke " finally became " The Tex Beneke Orchestra ".

What we can properly regard as the more permanent and enduring colonization of this region began about 1833 when Kentucky and Tennessee sent their sons into the wilderness to open up the country near the confluence of the James and White rivers.

What began in 1944 started by the Women ’ s Club of Temple City as a small parade of youngsters who tossed camellia blossoms to parade watchers, has now become a signature event in Temple City attracting an estimated 5000 children and more than 20, 000 visitors to Temple City each year.

What is now Conyers began as a watering post along this line, named after Dr. Conyers.

What group occupied the Usumacinta River-Gulf Coast lowlands ( mainly in today's Mexican state of Tabasco ) between 2000 BCE ( when the proto-Huastecs began their journey ) and 1000 BCE ( by which time the proto-Yucatecs had arrived in Yucatán, the Chicomuceltecs had been isolated from the Huastecs, and the Huastecs were arriving in central Veracruz )?

What began as a simple military supply camp quickly transformed into a " city of negroe refugees ," also called contraband.

What began as the dream of six Charlotte students in the early 1920s has exploded into a powerhouse music program of hundreds of 6th – 12th grade students.

What is now St Anne's College began life as part of the Association for the Education of Women, the first institution in Oxford to allow for the education of women ( see: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford ), then later the Society of Oxford Home-Students.

What is now eastern North America began to separate from what is now north-western Africa.

What is now Maynardville began in the early 19th century as a small community known as Liberty.

What began on a land in 1899 was soon extended to about.

What Merton meant by Zen Buddhism was the religion that began in China and spread to Japan as well as the rituals and institutions that accompanied it.

What right had John to any special consideration??

What is typical for his entire career, however, is a concern for design as a Gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art ; whereby he-together with his first wife Aino Aalto-would design not just the building, but give special treatments to the interior surfaces and design furniture, lamps, and furnishings and glassware.

" What ," he asks, " is the difference between myself and others that justifies placing myself in this special category?

What is it that makes me so special?

What is so special about the ruler of Iraq that we suddenly discover that we are to be his jailers and his judges ?...

The question became " What should be the test given to children thought to possibly have learning disabilities, that might place them in a special classroom?

On May 29, 2009, Oscar the Grouch appeared in an ABC television special on economics called Un-broke: What You Need To Know About Money.

What makes the cathedral special from an artistic viewpoint is its exceptional state of preservation.

Disney Channel occasionally airs " special edition " airings of its high-profile original movie premieres: sing-along versions of The Cheetah Girls trilogy, High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and Camp Rock have aired in which lyrics are displayed on screen for viewers to sing with the songs in the films ; the channel also airs " What's What " editions of its high-profile original movies using a format that mimics the former VH1 series Pop-Up Video in which facts about the movie and its stars pop up on screen at various points during the film.

It was reprinted in 1986, and in the Foreword to that edition George Lovi ( astronomer and writer ) writes, " What makes it so special is that it is the first true celestial Baedeker and not just another " cold " catalogue of mere numbers and data.

Her engagement led to her own star vehicle, successful UPN sitcom Moesha in 1996, and resulted in roles in the 1998 horror sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and the TV films Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella ( 1997 ) and Double Platinum ( 1999 ), two of television's best-rated special programs.

What special training do we ordinarily think necessary for our diplomatists?

In 1715, probably with some help from Pope, he produced What d ' ye call it ?, a dramatic skit on contemporary tragedy, with special reference to Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd.

He had previously worked with the band in the studio, adding pedal steel guitar to both Captain (" South City Midnight Lady ") and Vices (" Black Water ", " Tell Me What You Want ") and had already been playing with the band as a " special guest " during that year's tour.

It has the same special features as Clerks X, below, along with a new documentary, Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party, as well as an introduction to the documentary by Kevin Smith.

* Public Broadcasting Service special report: Plague War: What Happened in South Africa?

In the What If special, " What if .. Magneto and Professor X had formed the X-Men together?

Starting in 1995 with Sony Music's Columbia Records label, these double disc collections moved to the special marketing arm of PolyGram / Universal Music Group TV, before becoming a sister brand of the Now That's What I Call Music!

What was once easy with off-the-shelf video cameras now requires special, high speed electronics to handle the vast digital data bandwidth.

Constantine appeared on Children in Need in 2004, which included a special segment in which she gave the fictional EastEnders characters Little Mo and Mo Harris a makeover in the style of What Not to Wear, commenting on them with her usual " no nonsense " approach.

What the special something is depends on who is using the word.

What particularly revived their weary souls in the mornings and toward evening, when they would gather in the beis medrash situated in a special shack which was built immediately upon the arrival of the very first settlers, for tefilla betzibbur ( communal prayer ) three times a day, for the Daf Yomi shiur, and a Gemara shiur and an additional one in Mishnayos and the Shulchan Oruch.

In 2004, Chappelle recorded his second comedy special, this time airing on Showtime-Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.