1.   And as quitting time on another year quickly approaches, the martini is the cocktail that will escort many revelers blissfully into the next century.

2.   At my quitting time, they were running an obstacle course in a field near our house.

3.   Because night comes in midafternoon at this season, long before quitting time, the office towers blaze with light.

4.   A squad of government lawyers failed to overcome the challenges, even after the stock exchange was kept open hours after its normal quitting time to accept bids.

5.   A whistle would sound telling workers to come to work, leave for lunch and head home at quitting time.

6.   But the fastidious questioning of Colburn by Microsoft lawyer John Warden pushed the clock to within an hour of quitting time.

7.   Come quitting time Fridays, he jumped on a train, caught up with the Browns and pitched Saturday or Sunday.

8.   Down the stretch, Awesome Again decided it was quitting time.

9.   Finally quitting time came and he walked home, expecting to drop dead any minute.

10.   It was quitting time.