1.   The contest ended in a stalemate, but as the year progressed Aoun became increasingly isolated.

2.   A newspaper contest ended with the name Candlestick for nearby Candlestick Point, where the upward juts of land resembled candles at sunset.

3.   But however the contest ends, San Franciscans will remember it as a lark.

4.   Every athletic contest would end in a tie.

5.   Having single-handedly turned the last three mayoral elections into partisan contests, Giuliani is in an unusual position to recommend that the contests end.

6.   In fact, he said, there really would be no winner since the contest never ends.

7.   In between came the fiasco of the first Holyfield-Lewis fight, in March, when a poor contest ended in a controversial draw.

8.   Most voters say they want the contest to end.

9.   No sooner had the contest ended than Gore and Bush hit the campaign trail again.