1.   Analysts said the numbers indicated the beginning of a consumer slowdown, but nothing severe.

2.   Green lighting also is used to indicate the beginning of the runway, and red lighting indicates the end of the runway.

3.   The accumulating signs could indicate the beginning of a wider disintegration of Taliban power.

4.   Optimists say government statistics indicate the beginnings of integration.

5.   High trading volume on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange indicates the beginning of an economic recovery in Malaysia, a senior government official said Saturday.