1.   At one point, one of the parties staged a brief walkout.

2.   Even the brief Democratic walkout after a motion to consider censure was defeated was thoroughly forecast.

3.   When voting began, Democratic House members staged a brief walkout to protest the refusal of Republicans to allow a vote on censure as an alternative to impeachment.

4.   But House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, who led his rank and file on a brief walkout to protest GOP tactics, sharply disagreed.

5.   Last week the dispute triggered brief walkouts by dock workers across the country.

6.   The Iranian team staged a brief walkout of its Saturday night match against the United States because of demonstrations by anti-Tehran exiles in the crowd at Madison Square Garden.

7.   The Norwegian delegation staged a brief walkout from the annual meeting after the regulatory body once again called on Norway to stop killing whales.

8.   USA Wrestling president Larry Sciacchetano, on the brief Iranian walkout.

9.   The Bosnian Serb parliament held its inaugural session Saturday electing hardliners to key posts, while Moslem deputies staged a brief walkout over the oath of allegience.