The banner in the convention hall declared, "Building for the Future."

Nearby, a few dozen men stood under a banner declaring, "We are ready to become suicide bomber."

And banners on cottage windows still declare: "Rheinhausen must live."

One banner declared, "Socialist shortage economy - no thanks."

No sooner was the command entered than bells rang and a triumphant banner declared "You've won."

A bright blue banner with white block letters, strung across the stage above the speakers, declared "Go Global."

A banner high on a Bucharest University building declares it "the faculty of the tramps."

"The price of makeup has risen," declared a huge banner carried by female students in a protest in Jakarta last week.

The students draped university buildings on a prominent avenue with banners declaring that "governmental inaction means the ruin of our library."