21.   Similar themes emerged this month in the New York collections of mainstream designers like Michael Kors and Calvin Klein.

22.   Some general themes emerge.

23.   Some common themes emerge, though.

24.   Such themes are also emerging on the political and economic agendas of developed nations elsewhere, particularly in Western Europe and Japan.

25.   Talk to someone for a while and a theme emerges.

26.   Still, several themes emerged.

27.   That theme defiantly emerged in a Manhattan courtroom last week in the contract dispute between Random House and Joan Collins, the actress-author.

28.   The comprehensiveness of the Whitechapel presentation allows themes to emerge.

29.   The partners themselves are not talking publicly, but sifting through the wreckage, a familiar theme emerges.

30.   When these media observers cite their own choices for the best journalism films, a common theme emerges.