101.   But in San Francisco and the more temperate parts of the Bay Area, the first signs of summer are sometimes elusive.

102.   But last year, the first signs of slippage were detected.

103.   But Medicare beneficiaries would see the first signs of change in January of next year, when premiums would rise.

104.   But in recent months, especially in recent weeks, economists and investors have begun to identify the first tentative signs of trouble at home.

105.   But others fear that the media will descend en masse at the first sign of a sensational case.

106.   But it is the first sign that for some firms, at least, the recent pay raises may spell trouble.

107.   But later there were the first sign of a break in the latest stalemate.

108.   But the cottonwoods themselves gave the first sign that they might be able to make a comeback on the lower Truckee.

109.   But the Cubs got their first sign of hope Monday afternoon against the Braves, the team Baylor spent his yearlong managing hiatus with as the hitting coach.

110.   But the first signs of anthrax appear much like the common cold.