1.   A fitting conclusion, perhaps, to an American pioneer horror.

2.   But Williams passed on pro football to pursue a more fitting conclusion to his college football career.

3.   It is a fitting conclusion to what is, in the end, an ugly and intemperate book.

4.   It was a fitting conclusion to a Harvard season that had several close losses, and also added one more play to the lore of Harvard-Yale football.

5.   It was a fitting conclusion to the vacation of Jim and Margaret Young.

6.   It was a fitting conclusion to a tournament that had its first day rained out, two rounds played Friday and a rain delay Saturday.

7.   It would represent a fitting conclusion to his career in Chicago, and be a nice way to start with the Mavericks.

8.   Not much longer for three-time heavyweight champion Holyfield, who has charted a fitting conclusion to a career marked by overachievement.

9.   September will be a month to remember, the fitting conclusion to a season when baseball has moved to reclaim its place as the American game of the people.

10.   The most mystical Masters of all came to a fitting conclusion Sunday when Ben Crenshaw put the last lesson to good use.