51.   The conventional wisdom of a quick end began to shift early this week.

52.   The Bush camp, which fears that recounts could erode his lead, has tried to preserve the status quo and bring the counting to a quick end.

53.   The increasing regularity in Israeli attacks appears coupled with a growing realization among Israelis that there is no quick end to the fighting in sight.

54.   The quick end to talks came as a total surprise to Humann and his team.

55.   The six hours of preparation had come to a quick end after his three-minute audition.

56.   The situation grew more questionable Friday as prominent senators, like Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., called for a quick end to the trial.

57.   Their goal was a quick end to the AIDS epidemic.

58.   There appears to be no quick end in sight to the labor dispute between the league and its referees, who spent opening night picketing instead of calling fouls.

59.   There are some wild cards out there that could bring a quick end to the price lull.

60.   Thursday, though, the Yugoslav offensive intensified in Kosovo, dimming hopes for a quick end to the crisis.