1.   In his radio address Saturday, President Clinton defended the certification, which brought a torrent of criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.

2.   My column last week on the plague of buzzwords brought a torrent of kudos and criticism.

3.   One mistake can bring a torrent of insults from the defensive coordinator.

4.   The inroads have brought a torrent of invective against the Supreme Court and Conservative and Reform Judaism from ultra-Orthodox rabbis and political leaders.

5.   The strategy has brought a torrent of criticism from Australian Prime Minister John Howard and other regional leaders.

6.   The team said its signing of the free agent center brought a torrent of season ticket orders for the National Hockey League franchise.

7.   Their arrests, trials and convictions brought a torrent of invective and hand-wringing over the state of race relations in the city.

8.   With the trend of bigger homes on bigger lots, growth here is bringing a torrent of houses.

9.   When German unification brought a torrent of investment into former East Germany, the German government hiked interest rates to keep down inflation.