11.   But the fact that privatization is getting a serious hearing is the latest sign that a previously radical idea is creeping closer to the mainstream.

12.   C. Olivetti SpA, the latest sign of muscle-flexing by U.S. investors in Europe.

13.   C. Olivetti SpA, in the latest sign of muscle-flexing by U.S. institutional investors in Europe.

14.   Compaq Computer Corp. said it will post disappointing first-quarter results and cut prices to boost sales, the latest sign that demand for personal computers is waning.

15.   Even so, the Pentagon case is the latest sign of problems inside the network of federal overseers.

16.   For some analysts, the November inflation figures are the latest sign that a string of difficult and often painful reforms are bearing fruit.

17.   For the government, the data was the latest sign that the economy is hitting its stride after years of sometimes painful reform.

18.   French consumer spending on manufactured goods rebounded in January, the latest sign the economy is picking up, economists said.

19.   Golub asking Citicorp to bail him out was just the latest sign he thinks alliances are the best way for the company to go.

20.   His pledge has been the latest sign of his loyalty to Massachusetts and his workers.