1.   Dole certainly energized the crowd of thousands in downtown Houston, some of whom hoisted signs attacking the integrity of the president and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

2.   Handmade signs are hoisted in the air as if they were colors raised in battle.

3.   In suburban St. Bernard Parish, the old blue-and-white Duke signs have been hoisted again.

4.   They hoisted signs, created shrines and, like the teen-agers they are, mingled madly.

5.   At rallies in several cities, doctors and assistants handed out pamphlets and hoisted signs warning of a decline in health care.

6.   Many hoisted signs of support for Knight, who was fired Sunday for violating a zero-tolerance behavior policy imposed by university president Myles Brand.

7.   They raised toasts and hoisted signs.

8.   They chanted, hoisted signs and marched around the building as security guards watched from the roof.