The exceptions were a brief surge to first place in the early 1980s and another in the mid-1990s.
The incident, which happened the day before the election, appeared to produce a strong but possibly brief surge of national sympathy.
While news of such interest from Microsoft a few weeks ago led to a brief surge in Yahoo!
But even that brief surge of adrenaline has been good for me, I suppose.
Again, there came a brief surge of sound from Ops.
A brief surge of relief immediately gave way to more anxiety.
His brief surge of strength had been exhausted; now he could do nothing.
Nor did it happen during another brief surge in consumer confidence and the economy last spring.
Like the surf trickling away after a brief surge of tide?
Silver, which rose to $15 an ounce last year on a brief speculative surge, is now selling at about $6.75.