21.   One hopeful sign for Bush came among Catholics.

22.   One hopeful sign for Bush came among Roman Catholics.

23.   One sign of strength came from the University of Michigan which reported that its consumer sentiment index rose in December.

24.   One sign of that came in the same ABA report, which said the overall dollar amount of overdue credit card payments rose in the third quarter.

25.   One sign of that came in the newly announced merger plans of Pharmacia AB and Upjohn Co.

26.   Other signs came and went, seemingly without being fitted into the growing file on al-Qaida.

27.   Signs of trouble came just eight minutes after the small plane belonging to a Pennsylvania family lifted off Saturday at Morrisville Airport in Vermont.

28.   Some sign of that came in the more conciliatory tune that Ocalan had begun to sing.

29.   Such a sign may come from a two-day meeting of Bank of Japan regional managers starting today.

30.   That sign has come down, and now Alpine has officially joined its competitors in welcoming boarders.