11.   There is every reason to believe Thornton can develop into a franchise player, provided he wants it, which apparently he does by every overt sign and accomplishment.

12.   There was no overt sign that utter catastrophe was about to befall the Clippers late in the third quarter.

13.   This was one of the few overt signs Tuesday of the deep, dislocating sorrow brought upon this little town by the explosion of TWA.

14.   To someone who was not aware of the front-office shake-up, there were few overt signs at Shea Thursday that a reorganization had occurred.

15.   Tulloch had shown subtle and overt signs of mental illness for years before the murders took place, the source said.

16.   With it, though, has come a return of more overt signs of anti-Semitism.

17.   Yet, in defiance of conventional medical wisdom, he has not had any overt signs of illness.

18.   In Aceh, the new enforced fashion for women is the most overt sign of change.

19.   It was the first overt sign,

20.   Officials are reluctant to frighten Serbs by any sudden change in police or other overt signs of a changeover.