1.   Five benchmark events occurred inside a season since Rupert Murdoch took over, and the Dodgers won four times.

2.   The Roots in Georgia conference is regarded as a benchmark event both by its organizers and those who attended.

3.   They are two of a handful of Americans who witnessed what historians call the two benchmark military events of World War II in the Pacific.

4.   They are two of a tiny handful of Americans who witnessed what historians call the two benchmark military events of World War II in the Pacific.