In one sense, this is not the end of the affair, merely the end of the beginning.

ECONOMIST: The Wall Street settlement

That may secure the needed investment, but it would mark the end of Britain's love affair with liberalised energy markets and would make the cost of clean energy uncomfortably explicit.

ECONOMIST: Britain can have clean energy or cheap energy, but not both

At the end of the two-day affair, Michael Dell called all the presenters (the new top managers) to the dais.

FORBES: Magazine Article

With Sunderland having already secured their Premiership safety and Arsenal guaranteed third place in the Premier League, the game was very much an end-of-season affair.

BBC: Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal

The Olympus affair may very well mark the beginning, rather than the end, of an era in Japanese business history.

FORBES: Olympus and "Honor"

Toward that end, the Center for Security Policy has released an updated version of a paper produced earlier this month entitled The Felix Bloch Affair: Assessing the Damage to U.S. Security.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | A Call For A Rigorous Damage Assessment In The Aftermath Of The Felix Bloch Affair