71.   Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa dissolved Parliament Friday, putting an abrupt end to a week of political confusion and maneuvering.

72.   That rut came to an abrupt end in April, and everyone knows what happened next.

73.   The French TV debate came to an abrupt end Tuesday night when the moderator, Quebec TV personality Claire Lamarche, collapsed just as unity questions began.

74.   Three days of gunfire and shelling in the capital came to an abrupt end today, for no clear reason.

75.   Three days of gunfire and shelling in the capital came to an abrupt end Tuesday, for no clear reason.

76.   Unfortunately, the plan came to an abrupt end when a thief made off with the horse, Kievskiye Vedomosti said.

77.   GNI recently suggested that the current weakness of gold could come to an abrupt end.

78.   At a press conference, Erbakan sought to convince Turks that their secular system of government was not coming to an abrupt end.

79.   But the IRA brought an abrupt end to those hopes in February with a deadly bomb attack in London and subsequent explosions.

80.   CASH The word brought an abrupt end to the American baseball season just as it was boiling up to one of the most exciting in years.