How to create a "sunbeam" effect in Illustrator CS3?

A very popular background created in Illustrator seems to be what is sometimes referred to as the sunbeam graphic. A bunch of lines bursting out of the middle, and getting thicker as they move away from the center, to which a gradient is often added. Its very cartoony, and often used as background in stock illustrations.
I would LOVE for someone to explain how this is done!
Thanks in advance,
Alain

>Or what Harron is about to say.
Um...
It's too bad threads relating to topics like this scroll off the system. (By "topics like this" I mean those that recur and trigger a flurry of posts because there are so many ways to solve the problem in Illustrator.)
Did I get it right, Jacob?

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