1.   As an inveterate channel surfer, I got bits of some of the stuff I hate to think anybody listens to.

2.   A major problem we face as citizens is that the dizzying pace of technological change -- especially in mass communications -- has made the public into political channel surfers.

3.   But surely Clinton, a self-confessed channel surfer, has sneaked just an itsy-bitsy, teensy-weensy peek at the Republicans from time to time.

4.   But they seem to be catching the attention of enough channel surfers that police agencies are eager to get the exposure for their most wanted.

5.   Channel surfers can see what a station is showing even if they land there during a commercial.

6.   For the average TV channel surfer, the immediate future is back to the past.

7.   For two weeks, the Knicks had the attention span of a channel surfer.

8.   I am a confirmed channel surfer.

9.   If people between the Rio Grande and Cape Horn do turn out to be eager channel surfers, they say, television might encourage closer relations among the countries.

10.   McCumber checks in and out like a channel surfer.