Now, those menus, and thousands of others in collections around the country, are being sifted by oceanographers seeking hints of changes in fish and shellfish populations and popularity before good records were kept.

They are seeking hints of either something striking or leaving the craft, space agency officials said.

Umi no Miyako no Monogatari became a literary phenomenon in the 1980s, eliciting reviews that compared Venice to Japan and sought hints about the future of Japan in her book.

As Silent led off, I turned my thoughts to the morning's confrontation, seeking hints of things askew.

Almost as if it had been preordained - though she had never succumbed to the immature curiosity that sometimes preoccupied lesser Talents to seek hints of their future from clairvoyants.

Entreri moved through the house silently and calmly, seeking hints of the halfling's life here that would give him the edge in their inevitable confrontation.

Enough have written to Scholastic seeking helpful hints that the publisher has fashioned a Baby-Sitters Club kit that it sells for $1.95.

Without overmuch hope, he sought hints from instruments and from the feel of the boat.

The airborne surveys were seeking hints of a great flood of fresh water that scientists theorize could have set off the Younger Dryas cooling.

Nominees may not be able to answer questions that seek hints, forecasts or previews about how they would rule on particular issues.