On Saturday, fans in Schladming also witnessed the final run of the immensely popular Swiss veteran Didier Cuche, who announced his retirement in January, the culmination of a long and successful 19-year career that included four downhill titles.
(By the time Borg won the 1979 Masters last January, the culmination of the men's 91-tournament Grand Prix circuit, the 1980 Grand Prix was already well under way.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan after an independence vote last July, the culmination of a 2005 peace treaty after decades of war, during which more than 2 million people were killed.
John Sherffius, The Post-Dispatch's editorial cartoonist since 1998, resigned last month, the culmination of disagreements with Ellen Soeteber, the editor of the newspaper, over what she viewed as excessive criticism of President Bush and Republicans, according to senior staff members.
Cunningham will have a baptism of fire with the Catalan opener, followed by a trip to Salford and then the World Club Challenge against South Sydney on 22 February – the culmination of a series of three fixtures in which Warrington play St George Illawarra Dragons and Wigan renew their rivalry with Brisbane Broncos.
The events of the last month, a culmination of the series of popular challenges to the Party's control in recent years, suggest that the Mandate of Heaven--which is to say, popular acknowledgment of a Chinese government's right to rule--is lost to the present regime.
Lazard started trading as a public company in May, the culmination of Wasserstein's three-year-long struggle to wrest control of the bank away from a group of retired partners, including a scion of the founders, Michel David-Weill.
And each June, the culmination of four years work is celebrated with a block party.
He pleaded guilty to assaulting seven women and girls, and was sentenced to 175 years in prison in January, the culmination of a horrifying scandal that saw renowned gymnasts Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, and McKayla Maroney speak out about their abuse at Nassar's hands.
August also sees the culmination of the Festival Alguer in Alghero, when huge concerts are held in the historic Anfiteatro Maria Pia and the Forte della Maddalena, the wine festival of Vermentino of Gallura on the first Sunday of the month and the cream of Sardinia's handicrafts are showcased at a month-long fair in the town of Samugheo.
Writer interviews Col.Aleksandr Valerianovich Tsalko, who said that the failed coup in Moscow in August was the culmination of a period of imperial decline that began in 1979.
