The extraordinary surge of the yen against the euro threatens to strangle Japanese exports to Europe because Japanese goods cost more in European currencies.

We now look back on those years with nostalgia, but at the time this extraordinary surge of affluence provoked disdain.

Mr. Turner turned a passionate attack on the trade agreement in two leaders' televised debates into an extraordinary mid-campaign surge for the Liberals.

This week has seen an extraordinary surge in support for the artist and government critic, Ai Weiwei, from people around China.

Yet even this house, which was built by a structural engineer, was flooded by Hurricane Katrina's extraordinary surge.

Gov. Bill Clinton rolled out of the Democratic convention with an extraordinary surge in the polls, and the Republicans have to stop it.

Was there an extraordinary three-day surge to Mr. Dukakis?

The recent extraordinary surge in food prices rightly prompted a discussion on agricultural policies, food security and development.

The drop in international trading has reversed the extraordinary surge in foreign-share volume in the past couple of years.

These declines are part of a plunge that has seen the dollar fall 40 percent or more against most major currencies since it experienced its extraordinary surge of strength in 1985.