Even if it had been made aloud, that argument would not have resonated with the ring of truth.

That argument will undoubtedly resonate with business officials, property owners on the West Side and construction unions.

But arguments about resource management do not resonate as much as those about culture.

The argument resonated in a country where many feel that traditional culture has been lost in Japan's confrontation with and then embrace of America.

Such arguments resonated through the media and in the various parliamentary debates during September and October 1985.

Mr. Bush's argument that government's role in public life needed to be reduced clearly resonated.

But his argument that America should control its own destiny resonates today in the debate over missile defense.

"To my generation, that argument won't resonate," said Professor Berenbaum, who is 50.

But his arguments on the need for more open, democratic governing practices in corporate America resonated well beyond the computer industry.

The lively argument resonated with recent concerns about largely white police forces harassing minority inner-city residents.