11.   From the time the first cork popped out of a bottle, Champagne and sparkling wine have been considered as special occasion wines.

12.   It was as though the cork had finally popped.

13.   It was as if the cork had popped from the bottle and the pent-up exuberance of more than a decade had erupted.

14.   Mission controllers will no doubt cheer, champagne corks will pop, and there will be much talk of mankind taking bold steps into space.

15.   Moments later, the champagne corks were popping in a small two-story frame house in Nashua, N.H.

16.   Percussive Champagne corks popped in the breeze.

17.   The more momentum you have when the cork pops, the more effervescence and champagne you lose.

18.   The problem is that the traditional method of making fine champagne requires the wine to spend years in the bottle before sediment is removed and the cork popped in.

19.   Bands played and champagne corks popped as they pulled out.

20.   Champagne corks popped and cheers rang out at AP headquarters as reporters, editors and executives celebrated the prize.