1.   And when a known actor suddenly gains new cachet because of a runaway hit, his price can skyrocket.

2.   But make too few copies and watch helplessly as your toy becomes an unexpected runaway hit.

3.   Less than two years old in its present form, the F Line is a runaway hit with both tourists and once-skeptical San Franciscans and commuters.

4.   Never quite the runaway hit Ms. Von Furstenberg anticipated, the dress was spotted late this past summer languishing on racks at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales.

5.   Since its debut in February, the PointCast Network, an information service that broadcasts free news updates via the Internet, has become a runaway hit.

6.   The car will have to compete with a new Opel Astra and a Volkswagen Golf, a runaway hit.

7.   The clock helps a player allocate his time sensibly and has been a runaway hit on the back of the Fischer name.

8.   The four stumble into a back-country recording studio to cut a record that, unbenownst to them, soon becomes a runaway hit.

9.   The F Line, which has operated for the last two years along Market Street and the waterfront, is a runaway hit.

10.   The production -- with a cast of Native Americans from numerous tribes -- was a runaway hit in Denver, where it sold out every night.