11.   There are some very prestigious honors bestowed each year, such as getting your name on a highway sign by promising to keep part of it litter-free.

12.   They all attempt, with varying degrees of success, to warn skiers about a shutdown on local radio stations, and on highway signs.

13.   Those were brainstorms of Stealth Network Technologies Inc. of Charleston, S.C., which is negotiating with several states to hide transmitters in highway signs.

14.   What they actually do is reflect light back in the direction from which it comes, like the safety reflectors on bicycles or the paint on new highway signs.

15.   Imagine if someone were able to switch all highway signs so motorists never reached their intended destinations.

16.   In response, telltale license plates were eliminated, highway signs were improved, police patrols were boosted and rental companies stripped their cars of all markings.

17.   The Clinton administration last year backed off plans to convert highway signs to metric after running into trouble with Congress.

18.   The old highway signs were the last bastions of the ridiculed slogan, which used to appear everywhere in the state government, including on the official stationery.

19.   They put up new highway signs and created maps to help keep tourists from getting lost and venturing into dangerous areas.

20.   They found Georges had raked the island, denuding hillsides, toppling power lines, peeling off roofs, and making highway signs simply disappear.