1.   But in a startling break with the past, French winemakers are now adopting some of the same mass marketing tactics as their foreign competitors.

2.   Revealingly, there was no released, cascading hair in the mad scene, a startling break with tradition.

3.   The tone of the speech, and the press conference that followed it, was a startling break with the past.

4.   Then came a startling break.

5.   Col. Andrei Demorenko made the startling break with U.N. findings in an appearance on Bosnian Serb TV.

6.   The accord is a startling break with the rest of the tobacco industry, which has resisted settling several class-action suits.

7.   The move would represent a startling break with the rest of the tobacco industry, which has resisted settling several class-action suits.