31.   The processes that sustain the rings, scientists think, may provide hints of the processes responsible for planetary formation.

32.   The two news conferences provided a hint at something new and a second look at a lot of the old.

33.   The structure of plants provides hints to their drought tolerance.

34.   The Yankees and Braves are providing hints of what might come in a World Series rematch many believe is as inevitable as it would be intriguing.

35.   While this requires police to track noncriminal activity, the department said the practice is legal and provides hints to future criminal acts.

36.   While the State Department did not point it out, Australia may even provide a hint of just how serious the problems will be.

37.   A cursory glance at this apparently ultraconservative city, where women still wear all-encompassing burqas, provides no hint of its often seamy underside.

38.   Huston provided a hint of what might be in store for Azinger.

39.   The data may provide some hints as to whether the Federal Reserve will move soon to raise interest rates, traders said.

40.   The numbers could provide hints about whether the Fed will raise interest rates.