In 1917, after five months, the third battle of Ypres finally ended when the Canadians and Australians took Passchendaele.

CNN: Thursday,

Finally, Act Three will be the Battle of Five Armies with, one assumes, Azog (rather than his son Bolg from the books) as the chief antagonist once again and then the epilogue which, one hopes against reason, will not be as dreary as the epilogue in the last film.

FORBES: Connect

Pugh, 57, had a cancerous tumour removed from one of his kidneys last September and finally lost his battle with the illness on Thursday night.

BBC: Rugby mourns Pugh

Finally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a battle of its own to fight, as it attempted to break through its 2011 closing high at 12, 391, made on Feb. 18.

FORBES: Bullish Case Looks Tight At Key Technical Juncture

Five years, 25 emergency room visits and upwards of 30 doctors' appointments later, I have finally found some resolution in my battle with anxiety.

CNN: Anxiety, you're not the boss of me

When the bite finally does come, and the sea-soaked battle rages, we know that it's only a matter of time before the man or the fish gives up.

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