1.   Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.

2.   Although the Kremlin denied it, many saw the statement as a veiled invitation to begin talks on a political solution to the war.

3.   Boies missed several veiled invitations by justices to lay out procedures that might be used by the high court if it were to order resumption of the hand count.

4.   The popular practice of throwing these parties in Albany is nothing but a thinly veiled invitation for lobbyists to get in a line and ante up.