11.   Brief exchanges of fire with the rebels, who occupy a hill just a few hundred yards away, punctuate the shrill drone of the cicadas.

12.   But he made it clear later in a brief exchange with reporters that the president would have to make all the concessions.

13.   But he said he did say it might have been the imam because of a brief exchange he had with him some weeks before the shooting.

14.   But Milosevic set aside his disdain for the bench in a brief polite exchange in English.

15.   But one brief exchange during the news conference suggested that the racial politics of revamping the state police could make for some tense moments.

16.   During a brief exchange with reporters, Bush defended his fund-raising.

17.   First, there was a brief exchange between court and counsel on the need for a special-verdict form.

18.   In a brief exchange with reporters, Yeltsin was asked what she would like to see in Seattle.

19.   In a brief exchange with reporters, Bush sought to dispel the notion that he was deeply unhappy with the bill.

20.   In a brief exchange, they agreed that the Beatles were largely to blame for the scourge of dissent and drug use in the United States.