a finish
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Counting is the most simple and primitive of narratives -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- a tale with a beginning, a middle and an end and a sense of progression -- arriving at a finish of two digits -- a goal attained, a dénouement reached.
As we thrash on to a finish through the current thicket of flags and banners, we realize it is no finish at all, but a new inning. Secure in the rules, we know that, given three strikes, the truth will out.
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me... This is my new starting line.
The war in Iraq was misconceived from start to finish - if it has a finish.