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

22.   So far, however, the only overt sign of opposition has come from Evangelical Protestants.

23.   Women in Arab countries from Sudan to the Persian Gulf are donning the veil in what has become the most overt sign of growing conservatism across the region.

24.   The streets of the capital were mainly quiet early Thursday with no overt signs of celebrations for the end of military rule.

25.   The Taliban checkpost here showed no overt sign of Taliban reinforcement, and the guards were relaxed at their post.

26.   Streets here were mainly quiet early Thursday with no overt signs of celebrations for the end of military rule.