11.   Even the GDP report offered signs of a slowdown.

12.   Fortunately, even quiet clouds can offer warning signs.

13.   However, neither Schuessel nor Vranitzky offered any sign they were prepared to compromise on the same budget issue that broke up the last coalition government.

14.   If the department had hoped to rehabilitate that image with the Livoti case, the first three days of the administrative trial have not offered encouraging signs.

15.   In fact, several recent polls offer signs of the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates.

16.   Meanwhile, the Yankees are offering signs that they are not ready to throw away the season just yet.

17.   On Friday, General Motors offered little sign of being willing to let bygones be bygones.

18.   Rising orders from Boeing Co. and other aerospace companies offer a sign of hope, analysts said.

19.   The Fed offered no sign that it had reached the end of the rate cuts, yet there are powerful arguments against too many further reductions.

20.   The initial media frenzy the week the Monica Lewinsky story broke offered telltale signs of what was to come.