Of course what the justices say from the bench is not a sure clue to how they will decide.

Dunninger's ruse had worked; he had left a sure clue by which The Shadow could track down the real ghost of Stanbridge Manor.

Personally I believe the posters are the surest clue.' '

The tie with the New Jersey Devils, a good team struggling, and the rout of the Ottawa Senators, a poor team dying, offered no sure clues to the outcome of Messier's gamble: in its twilight, he has put the image of his career on the line.

But both of them have that distinctive broad finch bill, a sure clue.

Burbank had left the lower door open, as a sure clue to the law.

His shoulders and arms strained the seams of his uniform, a sure clue that he drilled every day with the cutlass hanging at his waist.

"It took about four hours," Morales said of his trip, a sure clue that he was smuggled on a go-fast boat.

Her clothes were no sure clue in this new world permissive age, nor was her cool manner.

"On the contrary, my dear Master Capiam, that would be a sure clue to our day's employment."