One clear sign of change is the bank's newfound enthusiasm for lending to small businesses.
Another potent sign of change is that a motion to buy more time to think about gay ministers without any commitment to change was narrowly defeated.
She said she agreed with all that she had heard Mrs Tarantola say, but added that she had seen no sign of change yet.
In another sign of change, Babil, the Iraqi newspaper published by Saddam Hussein's son Uday, has now resumed publication following a month-long ban in mid-November.
One sign of change is the growth of "women's funds, " in which money is raised and given out by women, often to causes that benefit women.
Big crowds, tens of thousands in Iowa, almost 30, 000 in South Carolina with an enormous sign saying CHANGE on it, which is, of course, what voters say they are interested in.
With the Cold War's passing and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Turkey is surrounded by potential instability and conflict, a situation that shows no sign of change in the foreseeable future.
Look at the members of your founding team: who rolls with the punches, who stands for what she believes in and who hides her head in the sand at the first sign of change?
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Earlier this year, in a sign of change to come at Kleiner, managing partner Ray Lane angled to close the gap between the investing strategies and styles of its teams in China and the U.S., and initiate more collaboration.
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This, she hopes, may be the first sign of a change in attitudes.
These stocks saw a large surge in volume in mid October, which was the first technical sign that a change in trend was occurring.
Despite the American pressure, and despite the worsening toll in human lives exacted by the suicide-bombers, there is little sign of a change of heart in either the army or the Pakistani political opposition.
One of them is Martyn Hunter, a 21-year-old from Kirkcaldy in Fife, who believes the collapse of Realtime was more a sign of rapid change in the industry, rather than a symbol of its decline.
"This would be a big move away from the auction business for eBay and could be a sign of a change in strategy for the company as the telecom industry begins to explode again, " says independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan.
Those powers include considerable patronage -- the ability to appoint bishops, government ministers, heads of public bodies and so on -- as well as the power to go to war, sign treaties and change the law through the little-understood Privy Council.
From an investment perspective, this is the first sign of a major change in thinking at Apple.
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But the evidence of a change in mindset could be a sign that things are ready to thaw.
There is little sign that sanctions will change the Taleban's policies, or weaken their position within the country.
Edwards suggests that's a tell-tale sign of a serious change in weather patterns.
There, the Lib Dems ousted Labour in 1998 and the voters have shown little sign of wanting to change that.
But blame for poor outside appointments falls squarely on independent directors, perhaps encouraging them to change their minds at the first sign of failure.
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The wedding and conference venue in Desborough has used the name since the 1930s, but last month it was asked to sign a name-change agreement.
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Forty percent of people who make resolutions are usually still successful after six months, a comforting sign that people can change their behavior, and a lesson for us all.
"I played a pretty good role in trying to get Gov. Romney to finally sign the Massachusetts climate change action plan, " she told CNN's Jim Acosta last March during the Republican primary.
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