1.   On the closing day of the conference, Eyadema recognized Koffigoh as Prime Minister of the transitional government.

2.   World War I had been a desperate see-saw battle up till its closing days.

3.   Allied bombers hit Obersalzberg in the closing days of the war and wrecked most of the buildings there.

4.   An array of religious, civil rights and political leaders are appealing to President Clinton to declare a moratorium on federal executions in the closing days of his presidency.

5.   And in the closing days of summer, the stroller was never far from a sidewalk cafe.

6.   As governor, Bush oversaw the execution of Miguel Flores, a Mexican whose citizenship has brought protests from that country in the closing days of the presidential election.

7.   As usual, Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout participants shot the lights out on closing day at Sherwood Country Club.

8.   Asked if he was counting on help from Clinton, Gore suggested that the president might be busy with other things in the closing days of his presidency.

9.   At each stop, McCain repeated the line that has become his signature in the closing days of the New Hampshire campaign.