No sooner was that fire out than a decade-old legal battle with Wal-Mart and other big retailers climaxed.

FORBES: Hard Charger

Ultimately, the authorities concluded that Willingham was a man without a conscience whose serial crimes had climaxed, almost inexorably, in murder.

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

Just to put the current move in to perspective, yields climaxed in the prior month to reach 2.04% as the financial crisis reached its crescendo.

FORBES: Stocks Recover Smartly, Bond Yields Move Higher Ahead of FOMC

Van der Vaart, back after injury, was the catalyst as he climaxed a sweeping move from the visitors involving Luka Modric and Alan Hutton to give them the lead after 23 minutes.

BBC: Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham

His election in 1968 had climaxed a career unusual on two counts: his early success and his comeback after being defeated for President in 1960 and for Governor of California in 1962.

WHITEHOUSE: Richard M. Nixon

This season's use of replacement referees climaxed in a furor over a botched call that allowed the Seattle Seahawks to walk away with a 14-12 victory against the Green Bay Packers in a nationally televised game Monday night.

CNN: Referees union formally ratify contract with NFL

Three minutes later referee Paul Adams inadvertently obstructed a would-be tackler allowing Howley to dart from a scrum and spark a move which climaxed in a long pass by fly-half Paul Burke for left wing Craig Morgan to score.

BBC: Cardiff in the hunt