1.   Outside of the volatile and cyclical computer chip sector, Wall Street had experienced a brief respite from the recent barrage of corporate profit warnings.

2.   Frowick sought to downplay a recent barrage of negative news about the process of integration in Yugoslavia.

3.   Recent Katyusha barrages provoked the latest Israeli offensive against Hezbollah bases in Lebanon.

4.   Surveys have shown that a recent barrage of scandals has sent the popularity of Gonzalez and the Socialists tumbling.

5.   Traders said investors have generally discounted the recent barrage of bad developments such as currency volatility, high interest rates and slower economic growth.