21.   Soon, everyone has volunteered the discrepancies they noticed and opinions go from thumbs up to thumbs down.

22.   Television critics gave the new look a thumbs down.

23.   The stock market took a look at the purchase and gave it a thumbs down.

24.   The toys tied to the movie are expected to be big sellers this holiday season, but Ms. Reyneri of Northbrook, Ill., gave them a thumbs down.

25.   They stand on street corners waving placards, hoping for honks of encouragement but also collecting their share of thumbs down and other unsupportive gestures.

26.   USAir looked just fine to two big institutional investors even though the great Warren Buffett gave it a thumbs down.

27.   Wall Street gave the whole group a big thumbs down.

28.   We live in a Siskel and Ebert world, thumbs up or thumbs down, which will it be?

29.   When asked about the Small Business Administration, Chrysler, who sits on the House Small Business Committee, holds out his right hand, thumb down.

30.   Without prompting, many in the audience turned toward a section of cameramen and reporters and jeered with their thumbs down.