21.   But Powell said the settlement issue should only be addressed after the fighting ended as a second step in the process.

22.   But reality ends as the first credits roll.

23.   But the saga ended as it began, with a rifle shot to the head.

24.   But somehow Gatti started returning punches himself, the round ending as he threw leather and then shouted defiantly.

25.   But the threat ended as Eric Karros lined to left and Raul Mondesi grounded to short, and Cordova picked up his sixth save.

26.   But they could not know the arc of her troubled life, which ended as her fraying political goals collided with her obsession with suicide.

27.   But this year, with Maloney again facing a challenge from Nielsen, it appears the race may not end as close.

28.   But this thriller, though part comedy and part farce, need not end as tragedy.

29.   Cosby noted how Russell started as a champion, ended as a champion, and won most of the time in between.

30.   Ending as a cliffhanger, this episode is the first of two parts, concluding with a special episode Wednesday.