11.   Fads come and go, and chicken and egg motifs are big right now.

12.   Her favorite motifs are Oriental, which she culls from Arab mosques, Indian paisleys, Japanese kimonos.

13.   Here the motifs are grapes and vine leaves.

14.   Its dominant motifs are of exhaustion and of sensual pleasures that exist only in recollection.

15.   Its primary motifs are swift, deft sketches of character.

16.   Its working motif is clean and easy to understand.

17.   Judging from early reaction, he predicts the Brazil motif will be especially hot.

18.   Motifs are like events in a narrative.

19.   Other recurring motifs are shoes, lovers, loss, family, slaves and masters, home, water and chickens.

20.   One motif to watch is scrollwork, which goes hand-in-hand with the renewed interest in anything Mediterranean, from cooking to architecture.