11.   A heavenly surprise was in store for astronomers when comet Linear blew its top.

12.   A mineret at a mosque had its top blown off.

13.   A quick fix of the Sphinx ... a tropic volcano blowing its top ... the Loch Ness Monster looking famished for lox.

14.   After three days, Sperling, taking a prearranged cue from Barshefsky, blew his top.

15.   But no one on the Boston College team seemed ready to blow his top.

16.   Essentially it works because Roberts keeps blowing her top in the presence of some very well written and brightly acted secondary roles.

17.   He rants a little, he threatens like Mount Fuji one day to blow his top.

18.   He will blow his top, though.

19.   Her sleaze-equivalent has blown the tops off the ratings charts, what with that scumbag ex-lover spilling his guts on international television.

20.   Late in the third quarter, noted pacifist Shareef Abdur-Rahim marked Martin Luther King Day by blowing his top.