1.   As Faulk proceeded among the last stragglers, the fans disengaged their hands from making obscene gestures long enough to give Faulk a brief burst of applause.

2.   Aside from a brief burst of enthusiasm during the visits of Jiang and Clinton, Hong Kong has had a listless year since it reverted to China last July.

3.   A brief burst of snow accompanied a cold front crossing the interior Northeast, while light snow and freezing rain made roads slick roads from Kansas to Colorado.

4.   A powerful arctic front, accompanied by a brief burst of blinding snow, cut across the Northeast early Sunday.

5.   But they did share the same taste for Crown Publishers, where for a brief burst of creativity the two advice authors labored on their visions of living well.

6.   Except for brief bursts of indignation, the West has shown a passivity that shames its leaders, people and civilization.

7.   Hail, strong winds and brief bursts of heavy rain are possible.

8.   He has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, which produces brief bursts of irregular heart rhythm.

9.   His address, sweetly low-key and punctuated by brief bursts of guitar, had the crowd spellbound.

10.   In his early work, he built supermagnets that generated brief bursts of magnetic fields so powerful that they vaporized metal.