1.   It was the latest instance this year in which Dole has, at difficult times, turned to unusual measures in an attempt to grab public attention.

2.   The proposed sale is the second instance this year of a multi-generation newspaper family deciding to sell the business it created.

3.   There must have been five instances this year.

4.   But there were several instances this year in which Israeli tanks fired such bombs on Lebanese villages along its northern border.