21.   A confident Gore dropped some hints about the speech Wednesday as he went from one event to another.

22.   A future Hall of Fame coach was dropping a hint.

23.   A Jordan associate dropped the hint last week in New York.

24.   After a long discourse on the ins and outs of his vote, Torricelli drops a hint that when it matters, he will not desert his party.

25.   After the Miami loss, he dropped several hints.

26.   All day long, as the voters of New Hampshire pulled levers, the commentators on television dropped hints.

27.   Agents say the airlines have dropped hints that they intend to cut commissions by as much as one-fourth.

28.   Already, Montford has dropped strong hints that he may be leaning in this direction.

29.   All day long, as the voters of New Hampshire pulled levers, the commentators on television dropped hints about the likely outcome.

30.   Both soaps revolve around families, and both had new government-funded relatives who kept dropping hints on how important NATO is.