1.   This victory ends a five-game skid.

2.   A Fox victory would end an era of one-party rule that is all that a vast majority of Mexicans has ever known.

3.   After that the news media, fearing a Communist victory would end their new freedoms, supported Yeltsin without question or debate.

4.   The Clinton administration has seized on Obasanjo, whose victory ended years of military dictatorship, as an anchor of democratic stability in restive West Africa.

5.   The Duke victory ended an emotional season for Arizona.

6.   The ensuing Super Bowl victory ended decades of also-ran status for the Niners.

7.   The narrow federalist victory does not end the political, social and economic divisions that led to the independence movement, however.

8.   The victory ended a drought on tour for Woods dating back to the Motorola Western Open last July.

9.   The victory ended a season-high six-game losing streak for the Mavericks.

10.   The victory ended a streak in which the Dodgers played six consecutive one-run games, of which they won two.