31.   The clearest sign of the trend came last week.

32.   The diplomatic phrase was the clearest sign yet of a remarkable reversal in Arab sentiments amid signs that a U.S. military strike may be imminent.

33.   The new official perks were the clearest sign yet of a rapprochement between Shevardnadze and his most intractable foes in his native Georgia.

34.   The remarks were the clearest sign yet that factions within the LDP may be moving to dump Hashimoto ahead of elections for the upper house of Parliament in July.

35.   The statement was the clearest sign yet that the regime would finally back down from its confrontation with adamant opposition protestors.