1.   Both capped their years before the summer ended.

2.   His arrest capped years of marijuana-as-medicine advocacy.

3.   That capped years of tension between the two men.

4.   The announcement capped years of agonizing within the government over how to dispose of plutonium as nuclear weapons are dismantled under terms of arms reduction pacts with Russia.

5.   The dismal quarter caps a year that has been full of disappointments and gaffes for Apple.

6.   The fourth quarter capped a year in which some of the biggest gains were illusory.

7.   The recent flurry of corporate announcements caps a year of debate.

8.   The release caps many years of planning, delay and debate.

9.   The ruling caps years of dispute among collectors who catch the crabs and the Cape Cod National Sea Shore and The Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

10.   The proposed Swiss transaction caps a year that saw more consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry than in any other.