1.   Bush continued hammering his theme that Gore trusted the wisdom of the federal government over the instincts of the American people.

2.   Citicorp chairman John Reed held an off-site meeting in January for several hundred employees where he hammered home the theme of quality, the Dates said.

3.   From the start, Charest hammered the theme of Quebec uselessly dissipating its energies on an impossible scheme.

4.   In the fight for public opinion, Wal-Mart is hammering the themes of price and competition.

5.   On the hustings, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has been hammering the theme of male accountability as an integral part of his plan for welfare reform.

6.   Over and over, he hammers the themes of stolen tax money, bad roads and poorly stocked hospitals.

7.   That theme will be hammered relentlessly by the Gore campaign until November.