For Schalke, Saturday's win constituted a satisfactory end to a very difficult season.
I tweeted a photo of them, and have since found out who they were, marking a satisfactory end to my tale.
Mamet wrote the play in 1983 and sent it to his mentor, Harold Pinter, saying he didn't know how to bring it to a satisfactory end.
After nearly a decade of scrapping with the Taliban, no end is in sight; nor is any coherent idea of what a satisfactory end might resemble.
True, we have neither won the battles so far, nor been able to bring the "wars" to a satisfactory end, but we have enriched our experience many times over in the process.
Finally, Zac MacMath's ongoing vulnerability as starting goalkeeper had never quite looked like it was going to reach a satisfactory end at PPL Park, and his departure on loan to Colorado is perhaps no surprise.
Former Liberal Democrat leader and Scottish QC Sir Menzies Campbell said: "This brings to a satisfactory end a controversial series of events which began with the terrible and tragic loss of life over Lockerbie.
Page A4 PIRATES IN HIGH-SEAS LIMBO While efforts at stopping piracy have been successful, a satisfactory end game for pirates taken into custody remains elusive due to a wrinkle in international law enforcement.
