1.   It was a peculiar sort of fog which lay on the sea in dense banks striped with narrow, clear channels.

2.   A peculiar sort of gold rush has roiled the South Korean stock market this week.

3.   But the vice president is a peculiar sort of class warrior.

4.   Musharraf says he believes in democracy, but his actions show that it is a democracy of a peculiar sort.

5.   Since the election of national and provincial governments last May, many local governments have been in a peculiar sort of limbo.

6.   Winless, helpless and hapless, Memphis posed a peculiar sort of mental challenge to the Lakers on Friday at Staples Center.