1.   Another administration official called the letter the clearest signal yet that the administration would fight to keep Medicaid an entitlement.

2.   Cheng responded that bankrupting the factory would be the clearest possible signal to pirates that China was serious about cracking down on intellectual property violations.

3.   CNBC might be the clearest signal yet that the Information Age has entered its Era of Attitude.

4.   Eurodollars provide one of clearest signals investors are far from giving up hope that the Fed will cut interest rates sometime in coming weeks or months.

5.   He did not go so far as to say he will vote for it, but this is the clearest signal yet that all roadblocks have been removed.

6.   He raised his arms in celebration, and it was the clearest signal of the day that he had no intention of folding.

7.   He sent the clearest signal yet that he may block the bill.

8.   In a year-end interview with Globe reporters, Weld gave the clearest signals yet that a third run for governor is a real possibility for him.

9.   Instead, he and his staff gave the clearest signals yet of compromise on not only taxes, but campaign finance reform.

10.   JAPAN PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR NISSAN The Japanese government sent the clearest signal to date that Japan would not allow automaker Nissan Motor to collapse.