11.   It is hard to say whether the Salt Lake City version of the Winter Olympic Games ended an era or began one.

12.   It was the whisper that ended an era.

13.   Nevertheless, interest rates show signs of ending their era of decline despite the continuing absence of inflation.

14.   Still, by our own count we are ending an era to begin a new one.

15.   That would seem to have ended an era, but in warfare it is hard to be certain.

16.   The Broncos are ending one era and beginning another.

17.   The closing of the residences will end an era when dozens of long-term hotels housed dewy-eyed women from all over the world.

18.   The franchise deal ends an era for members of Presidio Golf Club and the Presidio Military Golf Club.

19.   Woolworth, the last of the big dime stores, called it quits yesterday, ending an era in retail history and shuttering a San Francisco landmark.

20.   Charles Laquidara signed off the air Friday, ending an era on Boston radio that helped revolutionize FM listening.