1.   Approval of the settlement begins to close one chapter in a scandal that has roiled the secretive and rarefied art and auction world for more than a year.

2.   At the same time, Birmingham is a place desperately trying to close that chapter of its ugly past and redefine itself as the jewel of the South.

3.   Before I close this chapter, though, I want to explain my actions.

4.   - While the presidential candidates debate the future, whoever wins may find that he must first close a chapter on the past by pardoning President Clinton.

5.   A few days later, he realized it was time to close that chapter of his life.

6.   A Red Sox-Cubs World Series would close chapters of two of the most frustrated histories in baseball history.

7.   But it felt as if Indonesia was closing a chapter in its turbulent political passage.

8.   By all accounts, Haskins was looking to close a chapter on his past.

9.   Despite a career night from Samaki Walker, the Atlanta Hawks closed the chapter on yet another loss for the Mavericks.

10.   Even the prospect of an appeal could not temper their feeling that a chapter had been closed.