1.   Even then, they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

2.   Jackson and Medina made a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Tuesday on the extortion charge.

3.   The Director had put in only one brief appearance in the library.

4.   There was something overwhelmingly assured about this brief appearance.

5.   She once made a brief appearance on television.

6.   Tracy Chapman, for example, certainly owes her fame and a lot of her money to her brief appearance at it.

7.   Swindon Town Manager Glenn Hoddle overcame injury to make a brief appearance for the English Division Two side playing in Italy.

8.   The four, arrested at the weekend, made a brief appearance before Cardiff magistrates, who adjourned the hearing until later today to allow further legal representation.

9.   Also enlisted are former President Jimmy Carter, who will make a brief appearance early in the event, television personality Oprah Winfrey and actor John Travolta.