1.   None of the women who were subsequently interviewed mentioned illegal abortion and the final report ignores the topic.

2.   And in all her appearances at the rostrum this week, she did not mention abortion once.

3.   And last month, in a speech to the Christian Coalition, he mentioned abortion only in passing.

4.   Abortion was never mentioned from the podium, although many delegates were wearing vests, handed out by the Republican National Coalition for Life, that bore anti-abortion slogans.

5.   Bush can go for weeks without mentioning abortion.

6.   But he turned down an opportunity to speak after party leaders told him they would not allow him to mention abortion.

7.   He did not mention abortion Monday night, but hit hard on affirmative action.

8.   Not once did he mention abortion, federal support for the arts or the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.

9.   Powell did not mention abortion, a key hot-button issue on which his views run counter to those of Bush and many of the delegates here.

10.   Several major presidential candidates are barely mentioning abortion on the stump, if at all.