1.   And almost every other topic seems to have been wiped off the map.

2.   Few topics seem to have so much personal appeal for members of Congress.

3.   For one thing, people said, the topic seems stale and the facts are arcane and confusing.

4.   The music transcends period and topicality, but the topics themselves seem unrevivable.

5.   The Wiesenthal Center and others who track the computer communications of the far right say two topics seemed to mushroom in late March.

6.   When The New York Times asked readers for examples of notable business memos that had come across their desks, no topic seemed off limits.

7.   The throng complied for a minute or two, but the topic always seemed to return to Atlanta.