For those who seek a more persistent reminder that our clocks are ticking, there is a free Macintosh screen saver that counts down the number of minutes you have to live (www.heresme.com/lifeclock).

There is one line that the Kuznetsov family cannot avoid - the daily line for Vera's baby food, a persistent reminder of the inefficiency of the centralized system and the vast shortages.

Mr. Levine had a particularly persistent reminder: his office was on the 13th floor of 7 World Trade Center, with a view of the north tower.

Yet the persistent reminder that the program has been largely unsuccessful - even after an unplanned effort to bus in addicts from area drug treatment centers - has troubled health officials.

To those living and working near ground zero, it has been a grimly persistent reminder of the terrorist assault on the World Trade Center.

After the persistent reminders of Prince Radziwiłł to the Order of Jesuits for an architect, in 1586 Bernardoni comes to Nesvizh and stays there for 13 years.

But the need for even more volunteers exceeds the recruiters' successes; thus, the monthly shortfalls and also our persistent reminder that citizens must be willing to serve.

One Saturday afternoon the Mongolian King got real ticked-off with Kublai, his grandson, for leaving the lawn mower out in the rain, despite persistent reminders.

"My presence in the race provides a persistent reminder of the necessity of taking a new direction, the first step of which is to bring our troops home now."

Her weak right knee sagged with every step, the persistent reminder of an eventful summer.