91.   Nomar Garciaparra was belting line drives and continuing to test his wrist, an encouraging sign for the Red Sox.

92.   Now, under a new democratic government, there are encouraging signs of change.

93.   On the one hand, it was an encouraging sign.

94.   One encouraging sign is that the tenor of responses did not deteriorate over the polling period, despite the avalanche of bad news from Washington.

95.   One encouraging sign is the transformation of a dormant auto dealership into a tire-supply store.

96.   One encouraging sign is that J.J. is making noises, which will help her contact other whales.

97.   One encouraging sign, he said, was the reaction to the memorabilia, such as inaugural medallions, being sold on the shopping network.

98.   One encouraging sign has been the return of Glen Murray, who missed six weeks after knee surgery.

99.   One encouraging sign from Cartagena is that delegations are not falling into traditional rich- and poor-country camps.

100.   One encouraging sign was a slowdown in the growth of imports in February, which suggests that growth could be slowing, analysts said.