11.   The arrest of Ahmed Ressam was the clearest sign that Osama bin Laden was trying to bring the jihad to the United States.

12.   The clearest sign of a new era is the arrival of Dole Food here.

13.   The clearest sign was the overwhelming majority of women who voted in May for Mohammed Khatami, a presidential candidate who seems to favor more equality for women.

14.   The clearest sign of renewed commitment to reform is the choice of Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov as top deputies to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

15.   The clearest sign of his economic policy is likely to be seen in the people he appoints to his cabinet later this spring, if he is elected.

16.   The clearest sign of that expectation comes from money market instruments, which have a year or less to maturity.

17.   The clearest sign of that is in the stock prices of the two pieces of his empire that trade in this country.

18.   The clearest sign has come in several statements of neutrality from men long identified with the PRI.

19.   The clearest sign that coach Henry Bibby is not willing to try out his new players came last week against Northwestern.

20.   The clearest sign was the frequent repetition last week of a remark by Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.