21.   Boyz II Men stop in for a brief appearance, but their harmonies are drowned under a wash of sound.

22.   A city council member made a brief appearance.

23.   A gross, slovenly Benjamin Franklin makes a brief appearance.

24.   A week later, Yeltsin looks weak and slurs his words during his first brief TV appearance.

25.   After a brief appearance in his senior class play, The Late Christopher Bean, he was dumped from the cast.

26.   Adam Sandler made a brief appearance, while Cuba Gooding Jr. stopped by to lend his support.

27.   After his brief appearance there, the fans stood again and cheered him around the bases, then kept cheering until he re-emerged from the dugout for an encore.

28.   After a brief appearance at the movie theater, Madonna took off for a trattoria, Il Messaggero reported.

29.   After reading a critical newspaper article en route to Seattle, however, he decided to make a brief appearance.

30.   After Schiff spoke, Gore made a brief appearance, his first in the convention hall.