A1 Calm Sought After Shooting The mother of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by the police in upper Manhattan made a poignant appeal for calm.

At the same time, Attorney General John Ashcroft is now considering a particularly poignant appeal for asylum by a woman from Guatemala.

He was hurrying to answer the most poignant appeal, the most pressing duty of a dutiful man, the call for succour from the woman he loved, a woman in terrible and pressing jeopardy.

In particular, Mr. O'Clair, a mechanic who has Timothy's image tattooed on his arm, became a fixture at the Capitol, and many lawmakers say they were won over by his persistent, poignant appeals.

Our Enemy, the State, published in 1935, combines history, politics and social theory into a poignant appeal for natural rights, free markets, and peace.

But the most poignant appeal was made by Mr. Wei's youngest sister, Wei Shanshan, who went today from Capitol Hill to the White House soliciting support for her brother.

Earlier in the two-hour hearing, Mr. Brennan seemed overcome and appeared to wipe tears from his eyes as his son Kevin made a poignant appeal for his father's freedom.

Derek Jackson, Samantha's father, who lives in Sunderland, Mass., made a poignant public appeal today on television.

For Odalys Pino, a 31-year-old mother of two, the Pope's call for family unity had a particularly poignant appeal because her father is now prepared to leave his family for Miami.

While the rest of you entertain the observers by screaming poignant appeals for rescue-which you are not likely to get-I'll swim to the Isis.