1.   It is interesting to me that periods are never seen as important.

2.   The last five years have seen a period of relative calm.

3.   As it is, if Gore defeats Gov. George W. Bush in November, historians will undoubtedly see this period as a turning point.

4.   But others see a period of continued isolation and further hardship, with the future only worse than the recent, terrible past.

5.   I saw that period.

6.   I have never seen a period leading up to a baseball strike or lockout quite like this one.

7.   This may change over time, Eberling told clients, but it would not be surprising to see a period of net redemptions at the firm.

8.   George W. Bush warned would-be international adversaries Wednesday not to see this period of election uncertainty as an opportunity to attack U.S. interests abroad.

9.   High clouds will continue to spread across the area this afternoon ... With western and interior Puerto Rico seeing occasional periods of cloudy skies.

10.   The Virgin Islands saw a few periods of widely scattered showers.