11.   If his heart was broken, it was by how softly a dream can end.

12.   She and her U.S. teammates are certain to at least chase gold in the two relays, though the dream could end with the drop of a baton.

13.   So the dream ends.

14.   Sure, it is sad that their dot-com dreams have ended.

15.   That dream ended over the English Channel during World War II when the dashing young naval aviator was blown to bits.

16.   The darkly futuristic dream ends in a vision of a world ruled by computers in which human life as we know it is extinct.

17.   The dream ended with Mittie letting his seniors have the floor for the final minutes.

18.   The dream ended for the Moors when Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic monarchs who were uniting Spain at the point of a sword, laid siege to Granada.

19.   The dream ended with both Buster Douglas and Lou Savarese on the floor Thursday night.

20.   Two weeks later the dream ended in Miami.