Finally, near an exit, not far from the blue helmet with the hole in it, is a long white placard that offers some "Reflections."

As the Aston shot along through the west-bound traffic he became practised in picking out the white placards and getting their gist.

The referees signal violations to racers by raising a two-foot white placard.

The only visible protest sign was a small white placard calling for the United States military to stop bombing Vieques.

Austin glanced at the red letters on the white placard.

His organization's blue and white placards proclaim that homosexuality is "Satan's plot for our children."

He then held up a large white placard that was completely blank.

Perot supporters found red, white and blue placards waiting on their chairs, along with tiny American flags.

Students sat before her in the chairs of State Representatives and Senators, waving white placards with their name on it for permission to speak.

Each was marked, in black type on white placards, with a number and letter, each accessible only by inserting a card into a card-reader.