1.   Any exodus of U.S. forces from the Asia-Pacific would damage this spectacular economic performance.

2.   A determined team performance by the New York Knicks overcame a spectacular individual performance by Rod Strickland.

3.   All the hype over the stringent testing had coaches and officials saying it might explain the dearth of fast times or spectacular performances.

4.   First among them is the spectacular performance of US equities.

5.   For the last four years each athlete has made a relentless, single-minded march toward Atlanta, which culminated Thursday night with two spectacular performances.

6.   For his spectacular performance, Brusca was named Offensive Player of the Week by the New York Metropolitan Football Writers Association.

7.   Goalies Dominik Hasek of the Sabres and Ed Belfour of the Stars each came up with spectacular performances.

8.   In some ways the most spectacular performance, though, came from Frederica von Stade, in a hauntingly direct portrait of Mrs. de Rocher.

9.   Interest rates rose steadily all year but stocks shrugged off the news and turned in another spectacular performance.

10.   It took more than attitude and what Doherty called a spectacular performance from Williams to keep the title of the best team in the East from North Carolina.