1.   As the decade ended, the Twenties were ready to roar.

2.   As the decade was ending, they, like so many others in creative fields, turned to the Internet to make a killing.

3.   Before the decade ended, this, too, would become a major Hollywood movie, starring Nick Nolte.

4.   But as the decade ends, there are signs of life in commodities.

5.   Even before the decade ended, the pendulum got a push back.

6.   In areas now controlled by the Northern Alliance the petty brutality that women here endured for nearly a half decade has ended.

7.   Now another decade ends with the Patriots sliding down from the heights.

8.   The decade ended with an earthquake year.

9.   The unfulfilled decade will end for him, and the numbers will speak for themselves.