81.   There were several flashes at the horizon, followed by increasingly heavy explosions.

82.   Those flashes are reliable, van der Kolk said, but victims do not necessarily piece them together into an accurate tale.

83.   Throughout the novel, there are flashes of his talent.

84.   Vector Data, however, said the flashes are not muzzle blasts, Smith said.

85.   Yet Portis says that he is a paradox of sorts, because the flash is not a lifestyle, just a way to reach a goal.

86.   Along with anxiety, there were flashes of feistiness.

87.   And he said his own experts will contradict the conclusion that the flashes were reflections.

88.   Asked if the flash was like one might see from a camera, he said it was.

89.   However, there were flashes of enthusiasm Monday as scores of purple-and-yellow clad fans gathered outside Staples Center.

90.   Only flashes of that were evident against Pittsburgh.