Since architecture is traditionally an art of the Establishment, it was not surprising that some of the counterculture's earliest rumblings emanated from within architecture schools.
It seems the Mayor did not take early rumblings of a commuter-tax revolt seriously enough.
But the early rumblings show ambivalence about what direction the Assembly may take.
There were early rumblings that the members of the coaching staff, most of whom Switzer kept intact from the Johnson regime, were sniping at each other.
In this measured, keenly descriptive account, hindsight gives way to horror as the early rumblings of war become reality and the city of Baghdad is changed beyond recognition.
Any face he'd lost in early rumblings was forgotten when he used his pistols in a brief, accomplished mounted practice.
Mortgage rates should stay low for a while, as there was more evidence that earlier rumblings of inflation were fading.
Despite earlier rumblings about possible moves, spokesmen for both the New York and American Stock Exchanges say they plan to stay put.
Robert M. Haft, Dart's president, said the earlier rumblings on Wall Street "were simply rumors."
In his comments, a supporter might - just might - hear the early rumblings of a stump speech.