1.   Government forces have made spectacular gains, only to lose back territory to lightning Tiger offensives.

2.   These derivatives, as they are known, can be very effective in limiting potential losses in falling markets, while producing spectacular gains when they rise.

3.   Books-a-Million Inc. and Connect Inc., both Web-based businesses, posted even more spectacular gains.

4.   After spectacular gains earlier this year, trading levels had declined and price rises slowed during the last few weeks in Eastern European markets.

5.   But the era of spectacular gains and breakthrough attendances seems over.

6.   It has resulted from spectacular gains in productivity brought on by the computer revolution, and it has made many people very rich.

7.   Its most spectacular gains have been against the U.S. dollar, where it set four consecutive four-year highs this week alone.

8.   On the one hand is the dominant view that free-market capitalism is blossoming around the world, creating spectacular gains for those in its wake.

9.   Some have had spectacular gains.

10.   Some investors questioned whether computer and semiconductor companies can continue to post spectacular earning gains.