11.   All the commercials show them plowing through creeks, as though America were a nation without bridges or roads.

12.   For instance, a television commercial shows a team of burly football players, some crying, packed into the coach section of an airplane.

13.   Four television commercials show callers using the phones in settings that are impossible to reach with conventional telephones, including a forest trail and midair during sky diving.

14.   For instance, one commercial shows a woman in a chic autumn outfit as a breeze stirs, causing a trickle of leaves to fall.

15.   He argued that the commercial showed that the California state party was more interested in helping Republican congressional candidates than Dole.

16.   I do remember that the commercial showed a naked man and a naked woman entwined under the covers.

17.   Neither commercial shows an image of Dole, except in a tiny box in one corner, a fact that delights Democrats.

18.   My favorite Internet commercial these days shows this man checking into a cheap motel.

19.   ON THE SCREEN The commercial never shows pictures of Bob Dole, the presumed Republican nominee.

20.   One commercial showed the senator having difficulty sitting.