71.   A palace party attended by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Italian officials had ended shortly before the fire started.

72.   A third round of testing is planned before the mosquito season officially ends before the first frost of the year, he said.

73.   A similar demonstration in Okmeydani district ended before midnight.

74.   After it was over, he sat on the court long after the game ended before walking slowly to the locker room.

75.   Anticipation the bank would ease monetary policy helped lift share prices Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where trading ended before the BOJ announcement.

76.   But this year the season ended before the playoffs began.

77.   But the honeymoon ended before it began.

78.   Chirac, delayed at a European Union summit that ended before dawn in Nice, could not attend the conference opening.

79.   Clinton had initially said the American deployment would end before Christmas.

80.   Danny and Jamie Hambarian, married on Saturday, were looking forward to their honeymoon when the trip ended before the plane ever got off the ground.