1.   A few forecasters even went so far as to declare an end to the recession that started last March.

2.   A referee declares an end to the betting and orders fighting to begin in earnest.

3.   But a safer course may be simply to declare an end to a tumultuous political era in Washington that Gingrich has helped define more than any one person.

4.   But in four years, Clinton has gone from proposing big government programs to declaring an end to the era of big government.

5.   Declaring an end to welfare as an entitlement sent a sound message that government will not give people hand-outs.

6.   Democratic and largely liberal delegates will applaud tight-fisted governors and cheer the president, who has declared the end of the big government era.

7.   Economists stopped short of declaring an end to the recession, which began in March.

8.   For the military, the only problem seems to be its inability to take Grozny, which would allow it to declare an end to the war.

9.   In some countries, particularly those that are chronically cloudy, Islamic authorities have already accepted scientific evidence for declaring the end of Ramadan.

10.   On Thursday, President B.J. Habibie declared an end to martial law here.