But from afar he sees disquieting signs - most alarmingly, a "lack of legal purity" to the changes made so far.

He smiles a hello, but his eyes only touch mine briefly, a disquieting sign.

There were other disquieting signs: irascibility, a disinterest in things that normally pleased him and, most importantly, a refusal to deal with the reality of the situation.

But, as the road slowly dropped and they drew nearer their destination, they saw other, more disquieting, signs.

But there are still disquieting signs in financial markets.

Kate Blackwell was remarkably alert for her age, but there were disquieting signs.

Yet despite the uncertain future and the disquieting signs of a crackdown by President Karimov on the supporters of change, not everyone here is apprehensive.

But in a disquieting sign that politics still weighs heavily in the Kremlin's calculations, there were conspicuous absences.

In the meantime, there are some disquieting signs.

Even along the relatively calm neighborhoods of the northwest Bronx, there were disquieting signs of things to come.