On Saturday night, however, there were scant signs of the financial distress.

Some force outside of herself showed her eyes where to catch the scant signs of the already cold trail.

But it found scant signs of such an effect in practice.

And there has been scant sign of Mr. Dole's campaign yet.

Her baby, already named Nicholas Lee by his anxious parents, was due days ago, and he shows scant signs of being ready to be born.

"A woman's prints," he said shortly, pointing out the scant sign another would have overlooked.

Up to now the Bush administration has shown scant sign of being ready to meet such demands.

The Microsoft proposal, they say, contains scant sign of genuine movement on the company's part.

And there are scant signs that spending is on the wane.

It has also vowed to reconstruct the republic, although there are scant signs of progress.