beginnings

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In Anaheim, St. Catherine’s Academy combines Catholic boys’ K-8 education and military traditions, having its beginnings in a girls school, later an orphanage, and, in 1924, a military school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“American Patriarch” is a tonic reminder that, from its very beginnings, our republic has exhaled a whiff of the miraculous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“It should reflect American values: hard work, humble beginnings, doing right by your neighbor,” the interior designer Annie Elliott told HuffPost.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Apple's hit products — the Mac, the iPhone, the Apple Watch and the iPad — command a cult-like following, long after the company's humble beginnings on April 1, 1976, in Jobs' Cupertino, California garage.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The beginnings of an idea that could honor Siobhan’s family, force the city to face its dark past, and acknowledge what had happened so long ago.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson