Mr. Levy revived old accusations that copy machine money was missing from 1989 through 1991.

Besides the political brouhaha, the show has revived accusations about Schliemann's shady business dealings, his embroidering of his own biography, his sneaky removal of objects from Troy.

While President Bush was campaigning in Illinois on health care issues, his Washington campaign headquarters was trying to revive accusations of marital infidelity against Gov. Bill Clinton.

But Mr. Rodriguez's murder-suicide is reviving accusations by former members about routine physical, emotional and sexual abuse that they say they experienced as children.

Second was the disclosure two weeks ago of new evidence reviving accusations of kickbacks in a $1.3 billion overseas weapons contract.

Republicans, nervous about questions regarding President Bush's Air National Guard service, have raised the issue to revive accusations by some veterans that the discarding of medals dishonored those who served and died in the war.

For its part, the Republican advertisement raises a sexual harrassment lawsuit pending against Mr. Clinton and subtly revives accusations that he strove to avoid military service during the Vietnam War.

Going after him now would revive accusations of unilateralism against the United States.

The inquiry has revived accusations that the Pentagon ignored the scandals of past years, such as the Lockheed and General Dynamics cases, and continued to turn a blind eye toward wrongdoing.

The complaints are likely to revive accusations that the Bush administration failed to anticipate the tenacious insurgency.