1.   A brief bout of hail pocked down on us.

2.   A brief bout of hot air will return to the Northeast coast Monday ahead of a cold front crossing the Great Lakes.

3.   Buffalo Sabres left wing Miroslav Satan was released from the hospital this afternoon after suffering a brief bout of appendicitis, the team said.

4.   Dreifort was in command for most of the night, but a brief bout of wildness in the fourth led to a pair of Houston runs.

5.   Dreifort started for the Dodgers, and aside from a brief bout of wildness in the second, pitched well.

6.   He had a brief bout with tuberculosis about six years ago but fully recovered.

7.   He had a brief bout with effectiveness, however, striking out the side in the second inning.

8.   Jeff Beukeboom, the big Ranger defenseman, threw several stiff body checks and punched Pearson in a brief roughing bout.

9.   Only then did she recall having had a circular rash characteristic of Lyme disease months earlier, followed by a brief bout of headaches and unusual fatigue.

10.   The Fort Lee, N.J., school district had a brief bout with the hysteria last month.