1.   The deal marks a turnaround in the fortunes of South Wales Electricity.

2.   Experts say the deal marks just another step in an escalation of both costs and revenues in what is now more properly part of the entertainment industry.

3.   For Boston, the deal would mark the end of nearly five storied years of stunted redevelopment efforts for the vacant building.

4.   For Trafton, the deal marks the completed rehabilitation of Glendale Federal, which was on the verge of government seizure five years ago.

5.   If completed, the deal would mark the first time a U.S. telecom was bought by a company in which a foreign government holds a controlling stake.

6.   If Nissan accepts the offer, the deal would mark an unprecedented incursion by a foreign company into the innermost sanctum of Japanese industry.

7.   Nevertheless, the deal marks a major breakthrough in what had been a bitter deadlock.

8.   The deal marks another in a string among small wireless Internet companies that have had difficulty raising funds through the sale of stock or debt.

9.   The deal marks the end of nearly a half century of independence for the company once known as Wang Laboratories Inc.

10.   The deal marks the first time Disney has signed a comprehensive licensing agreement that encompasses all of its properties.