21.   But he did not expect it to signal the end of his battles with the industry or bury their mutual scorn.

22.   But for a man like Sam, the dissolution of the Negro League would signal the end of an era and a loss of livelihood.

23.   But it does signal the end of an era.

24.   But it more than likely signals the end for Joyner, which would have an unsettling effect in the locker room, several other players said.

25.   But many worry that continued weakness could signal the end of the bull market for new issues and for technology stocks in general.

26.   But the plea deal is a way of signaling an end to the Keating trauma.

27.   But when the gun sounded signaling the end of the third quarter, you would hardly have known it.

28.   By drafting the rookie Chad Pennington, the Jets basically signaled the end of the Lucas era.

29.   Damaging in their own right, these measures also signal the end of any hope the Taliban may have of normalizing their relations with the outside world.

30.   Decertification would signal the end of standard contracts and pension payments, bringing more criticism from older players who founded the league and pushed it to the forefront.