1.   And there was the ultimate novelty act, the unprecedented semifinal clash of clan, Williams vs. Williams.

2.   Are such novelty acts, by definition, eyebrow-raisers rather than eye-openers?

3.   But the Colombians had established themselves as a factor, not a fluke or a novelty act.

4.   But this is a novelty act.

5.   But with the magic comes the moneymakers, who want to turn Billy into a gender-bending pop novelty act.

6.   Can the sport overcome its reputation as a novelty act?

7.   Consider the celebrity, the novelty act, the superstar, Armstrong could have become had he been so inclined.

8.   Daniel denies that Dugdale, as a blind photographer, is a novelty act.

9.   Hanson wants to be a band, not a novelty act.

10.   Hauling him out of the grave is the equivalent of a novelty act.