41.   Some people feared that the invention of photography spelled the doom of painting.

42.   Some publishers today say that encyclopedias and other reference books on CD-ROM are starting to spell doom for their printed predecessors.

43.   That agreement almost certainly spells doom for the firm.

44.   That the Goossens never landed a substantial TV contract further spelled doom.

45.   The business community has lobbied for continued funding, arguing that a scaled-back program could spell long-term doom.

46.   The end of the cold war spelled doom for a raft of nasty-sounding labels.

47.   The end of the Cold War spelled doom for a raft of nasty-sounding labels, like Iron Curtain, Evil Empire and Red China.

48.   The place needs a radical economic shake-up to survive, but reform could equally spell doom for its decrepit regime.

49.   The rhetoric on both sides swung to extremes as some predicted that equal rights spelled doom and others declared that marriage was dead.

50.   The Super O system was more realistic than the traditional Lionel O-gauge sectional track, but its high production cost spelled doom for the avant-garde design.