1.   The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.

2.   And if Ty Cobb were alive today, he probably would have clobbered Bud Selig with a picket sign by now.

3.   As the crowd parted, the youngsters raised their pro-war chant a few decibels and thrust forward picket signs and a homemade effigy of Ho Chi Minh.

4.   At Pershing Square, some activists distributed leaflets for protests scheduled later in the week while others waved picket signs opposing the death penalty.

5.   All the rotten tomatoes were not aimed at one woman parading in the street in a white dress and carrying a picket sign.

6.   But all the Tettletons in the world grousing about bad calls never would have the impact of a nice nationwide photo of Jose Canseco wearing a picket sign.

7.   But hitting a woman over the head with a picket sign is not speech.

8.   Down the street in front of The Free Press, Ms. Abraham, the restaurant critic, tried to keep a picket sign from blowing away.

9.   Picket signs and chanting do not a winner make.

10.   Short of investing in a satellite system or taking to the streets with picket signs, viewers intent upon receiving cable channels have limited options.