1.   There was the slight sound, a light and muffled drum beat.

2.   And perhaps the drum beat had been the noise which had excited Scathach.

3.   Although campaigning was legally prohibited on Tuesday, some pro-Yeltsin newspapers nevertheless kept up their anti-Communist drum beat.

4.   As they cowered under political pressure, the drum beat of death continued.

5.   Barely two hours into his tenure with the Atlanta Braves, Gary Sheffield began a drum beat he hopes will carry through the spring, summer and beyond.

6.   A sound track played a synthetic drum beat at top volume -- a sound that fast became annoying.

7.   Despite the drum beat of negative propaganda from Beijing, Falun Gong fits none of the broadly accepted criteria used to differentiate cults from other religions and spiritual practices.

8.   Drum beats and blinding colors filled the air.

9.   Evenings pass with songs chanted in the Lakota tongue to a drum beat and in conversation in English on lawn chairs circled around the campfire.