early years

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During the early years of his leadership, Kim Jong Un sought to secure his legitimacy by dressing like his grandfather Kim Il Sung.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In the early years of television, voice-over introductions to shows and their casts were a necessity of the medium.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Back in the early years of Stagecoach, there was a tent with the same name that featured a lot of cowboy poets and bluegrass.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The surpluses during the early years before the baby boomers retired would cover the later deficits, but eventually the trust fund would be exhausted, and further changes would be needed to cover the annual shortfalls.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The Levittown of my youth, and of Volpe’s early years in teaching, was the great suburban dream before the invention of the dream’s antidotes—video games, cable TV, the Internet.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove