The brief blaze of their noon.

Her screen showed a brief blaze of clean space in the wake of the charge, filling as she watched with the mushy nothingness that was the fleas' signature.

In their place a brief blaze of intense light lingered on the retinas of those looking on-the last glow of the planet's molten core.

A brief cold blaze shone from her eyes that spoke volumes of scorn immeasurable.

A branch clattered against her window as the breeze grew stronger, the fire flickering into a brief blaze, then dying down.

It seemed as if he saw the brief thermonuclear blaze through closed lids and a sheltering arm.

Of course, the word of the year may be just that - a term that enjoys a brief blaze of publicity before slipping out of use.

LEAD: A Soviet fire truck leaving the embassy compound after firefighters extinguished a brief but intense blaze that swept through several floors of the main building.

The ship glowed in a brief blaze of deep red, and then disappeared into blackness.

He saw that as the cab swung a corner, past a brief blaze of lights that came from the front of a motion-picture theater.