11.   As good a sport as Meghan was during the hour or so of modeling, however, the clicking of shutters soon came to an abrupt halt.

12.   Bell Atlantic Corp. called an abrupt halt to its scramble into television Tuesday.

13.   Alas, Madame walked in, and the cooking lesson came to an abrupt halt.

14.   But that came to an abrupt halt after the violence broke out last fall.

15.   But the abrupt halt to the talks is a reminder that even as merger mania sweeps the agency industry, not every deal envisioned will be done.

16.   But the rally came to an abrupt halt when Angels reliever Scot Shields induced Ryan Ludwick to hit into an inning-ending double play.

17.   But the positive results came to an abrupt halt Tuesday.

18.   But when it comes to adultery, the sexual revolution comes to an abrupt halt.

19.   But when the Federal Reserve began raising short-term interest rates last February, the party came to an abrupt halt.

20.   By the end of the year though, the pay bonanza came to an abrupt halt.