"Historically, women are always into shoes, but this year bags have taken off and they are the current mania."

So pervasive is the current mania for memoirs that a 24-year-old is now trying her hand at it.

THE current mania for hedge funds reaches into every corner of the investment world.

The current decorating mania for the 70's is wearing thin.

Investors might want to ignore the current mania and wait for the almost inevitable shakeout.

The current mania for contemporary art is likely to endure, he said.

Now that you're 72, what do you make of the current mania for cosmetic surgery?

His taste all but embodies the current mania for all things "old school."

Or maybe the older generation, resisting the current mania to tell all, keeps some sadness private.

There is a particularly welcome parody of the current theatrical mania for sloping floors.