In one celebrated instance two years ago that also happened to affect Turkey, 315,000 Muslims fled Bulgaria to escape a program of forced assimilation imposed by the Communists who then ruled.

And in two celebrated instances last month, parent groups, using the threat of a lawsuit, prevailed on the system to add an extra teacher to their elementary schools because they thought class sizes were too large.

Within the United States, again particularly in New York City, the process has evolved over time and through some celebrated instances.

In one celebrated instance, in May 1984, 500 geese mysteriously died on the fairways of the Seawane Golf and Country Club in Hewlett.

An archery duel by champions on both sides preceded general fighting, which included several celebrated instances of single combat.

The most celebrated instance, still unresolved, is that of Pancho Villa, who was Obregon's adversary in the 1915 battle.

In the Senate, Mr. Sanford gained a reputation for intelligence, personal decency and, in one celebrated instance, indecision.

Perhaps the most celebrated instance, he said, was the Chicago Seven case, involving defendants accused of fomenting disruptions in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Fischer's enemies in the party are not so polite, heckling him, jeering and, in that one celebrated instance, pelting him with a plastic bag filled with red paint.

In the most celebrated instance, the paper was forced to return a Pulitzer Prize after discovering that a reporter had fabricated an article about an 8-year old drug addict in Washington.