1.   Campaigns that have merely preached abstinence have always failed.

2.   A cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue.

3.   But Gingrich and the Republicans continually reject them in favor of preaching abstinence to teen-agers, an idealized condition imperfectly realized since the dawn of time.

4.   I have become the reformed drunk who preaches abstinence for all.

5.   Ms. Williams is not preaching total abstinence in the face of the many sirens of debt that lure students to application tables at orientation.

6.   Others, including some of those who preach abstinence, acknowledge that some teens are sexually active and need to hear the message of safer sex.

7.   Superintendent Scott McEuen preaches abstinence.

8.   Press secretary Mike McCurry said President Clinton stands behind the Tennessee doctor who made his name preaching abstinence to teen-agers.

9.   While most clerics still refuse to promote condoms, Kante and others preach abstinence before marriage and fidelity to spouses.