21.   But the relationship suffered what would appear to be a fatal blow from heavy bond-trading loss.

22.   But those wounds paled next to the fatal blow that did in Barings, the venerable British merchant bank.

23.   Conservative extremist Patrick Buchanan delivered the fatal blow last year with a weird presidential campaign that was a classic example of how not to seek the White House.

24.   Even that is far from a fatal blow, however, he added.

25.   Garland, who was not accused of delivering the fatal blow, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to five years of community serivce.

26.   Further, she said, no jarring or slight shaking could have caused the fatal blow.

27.   Garland, who was not accused of delivering the fatal blow, was sentenced to five years probation.

28.   Gore lawyer David Boies said the Florida Supreme Court is where the matter was headed all along, and denied the Sauls ruling was a fatal blow.

29.   He told the police he went on to the game, not knowing that he had struck a fatal blow.