11.   And the blues legend B.B. King makes a very brief appearance.

12.   And they mobbed the general during his brief appearance, knocking over a huge decorative pot of flowers and trampling the petals underfoot.

13.   And there is a brief appearance by a legendary sword fighter who hones his skills against his own reflection.

14.   Armed military reservists will be deployed to airports within a week to help at security checkpoints, Davis said during a brief appearance at San Francisco International Airport.

15.   As migrant birds make brief appearances in the park, birders try to spot as many species as they can, while the migration still lasts.

16.   As so often happens these days, the top of the news offered a brief appearance by each meteorologist.

17.   At the consumer affairs subcommittee, no Republicans showed up until Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., put in a brief appearance.

18.   Besides a brief appearance during the campaign helping Carter build a home for Habitat for Humanity, the Clintons pretty much avoided the Carters.

19.   Bob Dole gave away nothing in brief appearances about the city before his speech.

20.   Borodin, appearing grave in a blue suit and a gray necktie, said little during his brief appearance in court.