51.   The only sign of life was in Doha, where several children attempted to build a barricade from stones and a burning tire.

52.   The only sign of mortality shown was when he walked Chuck Knoblauch with two outs in the seventh.

53.   The only sign of movement in the standoff Friday was the return of Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani of Ayacucho to the compound for the third day in a row.

54.   The only sign of nature is a small, spindly, leafless tree.

55.   The only signs of life are occasional grasses that grow among the jagged rocks and graffiti scrawled with white stones instead of spray paint.

56.   The only signs of life were the vagrants who used the concession stand as their home and the pump jacks sucking oil from below the ground.

57.   The only signs of progress are pickup trucks and framed hogans.

58.   The only sign of authority was the occasional forlorn traffic policeman, anxiously dodging cherry bombs that popped at his feet to the glee of onlookers.

59.   The only sign of human activity during a typical eight-day raft trip is the occasional bush plane.

60.   The only sign of material success is a yellow Mercedes convertible.