21.   Nobody knows for sure when the Asian crisis will end.

22.   One of several banners the rebels unfurled before dawn on Saturday said the hostage crisis would not end unless the government agreed to a dialogue.

23.   Probably not, if the global crisis ends soon.

24.   Such optimism could falter if the hostage crisis ends in bloodshed.

25.   That crisis ended long ago, and the nature of farming has changed dramatically.

26.   The crisis would end in a minute.

27.   The crisis has ended two decades during which there has always an economy strong enough to give lagging nations a lift by buying their products.

28.   The crisis ended.

29.   The month-long political crisis ended Thursday with the naming of John Bruton as the head of a new right-left coalition government.

30.   The outcome could determine if the energy crisis ends in months or years.