1.   But rather than an end stage, acceptance is just the beginning.

2.   But the life they showed Wednesday night was a necessary development in this end stage of the playoff race.

3.   Companies would bombard hamburger or sausages, for example, at the end stages of processing with radiation that kills bacteria by fracturing their genetic material.

4.   She was weak from drugs to kill the pain of the end stage of bone cancer.

5.   The dogged quality of life in its end stages has come as a slight embarrassment to more than a few ecologists and conservation biologists.

6.   The end stage is acceptance.

7.   The end stage of the disease, known as blast crisis, can be fatal within several months, researchers said.

8.   The devices can fundamentally change the end stages of progressive heart disease, giving years of life to people who would otherwise die.

9.   Where Epogen is used at the end stage of renal disease, Aranesp can be used throughout chronic kidney disease and requires less dosage.

10.   Yet when hepatitis C reaches its end stage, it becomes the leading reason for liver transplants.