41.   A half-hour phone interview is one torrent of words after another, a downpour of comic musings that curl at the end with a Gen X lilt.

42.   A sequel is already a foregone conclusion, and the movie ends with many doors open to the next chapter in the saga.

43.   All that came to a swift end with World War I.

44.   Brown wants to avoid a messy, costly campaign that is likely to generate bitter feelingsand end with the loser continuing the fight in court.

45.   Buffet service starts with plates, then cold dishes, hot dishes and ends with carved meats.

46.   Bush mixed it up for hours on end with voters, opening himself wide to any and all questions and exhibiting a manner that mixed confidence with humility.

47.   But Allard juiced up her show at the end with an array of fruit-colored eveningwear separates that were frosted with crystal beading.

48.   But only a fool would knock charity, especially in a century that is about to end with free governments offering nothing for free.

49.   But Strickland came up with the biggest play, stripping Terrell Myers and feeding Venson Hamilton for a dunk at the other end with seven minutes to play.

50.   But there is another side to Palm Sunday, which begins at southern plantations and ends with mail-order deliveries.