51.   The transaction is expected to close before the end of April.

52.   The transaction is expected to close before the end of the year, pending Federal Communications Commission approval.

53.   The stock market closed before the report was announced.

54.   The transaction is expected to close before the end of the month.

55.   The transaction is expected to close before the end of the year, pending Federal Commission approval.

56.   The transaction, which is subject to regulatory and other approvals, is expected to close before the end of this year, the companies said.

57.   The transaction, which requires government approval, is expected to close before yearend.

58.   This school year, however, like the producers of a long-running Broadway show closed before its time, Crouch and McManus had to end their class.

59.   Thursday, the case was closed before going to trial.

60.   U.S. financial markets had closed hours before the speech, of course, but Tokyo was just opening.