11.   Cameras are a hot item, according to purveyors of espionage gear.

12.   Color printers are expected to remain a hot item for at least a few years, helped by the growing popularity of the Internet.

13.   Cuba bass were the hot item in the power political set, too.

14.   Dixon, who holds about two sales a year, said her ads list what she thinks will be hot items, and she includes her phone number.

15.   Digital music players were expected to be a hot item this Christmas, but now it looks like next Christmas before they become a mass-market product.

16.   Eggbeaters are a hot item among antique cookware collectors.

17.   Edible mail-order gifts are a hot item for the holidays.

18.   Even at the Queens Historical Society, he is something less than a hot item.

19.   For the general public, that means those hot new items will be making it to store shelves this year.

20.   For those stargazers who get their kicks by spotting big-time political leaders, President Fidel Castro of Cuba has been a hot item this week.