31.   He offered no hint of a preference among the three planes.

32.   He will offer hints at a Wednesday afternoon post-election White House news conference.

33.   Hints are offered, and participants phone in answers while the station plays a helpful song.

34.   His program offers no hint that the second space age will be different from the first.

35.   In addition to broad brush statements, Powell offered some hints of the specific steps he might take.

36.   In court Friday, four defense lawyers offered differing hints of how they might proceed, depending on how Ito rules on their motions.

37.   In one survey of Kentucky teachers, one-third said that they sometimes offer hints, recommend that wrong answers be revised or rephrase questions on exams.

38.   In several letters sent to news organizations -- one of them to The New York Times -- the serial bomber also offered a hint at his motives.

39.   In terms of dollars, the deal is insignificant, but it may offer hints of how consumers will buy medication in the future.

40.   In his speech, Greenspan offered a hint why he thinks inflation has been slashed in half this decade.