Crowds huddled on the sidewalks and made occasional mad dashes across the street, like fish darting between brightly lit riverbanks.

The box sets for "The Sopranos" provide several such one-on-one commentaries, with smart, straightforward analysis of editing choices and only the occasional dash of behind-the-scenes color.

A sick patient in the hospital may receive phone calls or benefit from the occasional mad dash from office to hospital, but thoughtful face-to-face contact waits for after-hours.

An occasional dash of starlit spray washed over the forecastle head.

What colors Spock could glimpse through the windows were dark and rich, maroons and deep greens with an occasional dash of gold trim.

Most make a post-punk fracas of hardcore, metal, indie-rock, occasional dashes of electronica and T-shirts that are two sizes too small.

This year it showed up in dresses and sportswear, and even a lacy parasol, jazzed up by an occasional dash of color.

With plenty of food, and an occasional dash of Moore's stimulant, marvelously effective, yet evidently entirely harmless, and entirely non-habit-forming, we are all well.

This was unlike the sparring in bayonet training, the endless measuring and dancing, the occasional dash and jab.

Judging from yesterday's presentations, it is a time for lively colors, familiar shapes and an occasional dash of sequins, but not a period of fashion experimentation.