1.   But last week was a banner one for the Apple Computer optimists.

2.   Jim Nicholson, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was equally pleased at turning what had been a sluggish year into a banner one.

3.   PHOENIX - This year was not a banner one for fishing at Lake Pleasant, although things are picking up nicely now, thank you.

4.   That year seemed a banner one for Sue Ellen Inc.

5.   The year just ended was a banner one by almost any measure.