Mr. Lebert is 18, a slight, sweet-faced boy, partly paralyzed on his left side from deprivation of oxygen at birth.

Enchanted, she too watched the sweet-faced boy who was chattering excitedly while his fond father plied him with Carnival cakes.

Only it hadn't worked out that way, and Antony hadn't known how to deal with a crafty, sweet-faced boy owning the intellect and wisdom of a seventy-year-old.

What Nicholas saw was a sweet-faced young boy, wet hair plastered across his forehead, eyes wide shining with alarm, face flushed with heat or panic.

He is "Munchkin" to his family and friends in Coney Island, the small, sweet-faced boy who could win anyone over with his playful charm.

Among the fighters is Noko, a sweet-faced Muslim boy of 20 with floppy black hair, who is an enthusiastic front-line soldier.

He was not unlike the sweet-faced boy nicknamed Toto in "Cinema Paradiso."

Ms. Kawakubo, too, chose her models in the Comme des Garcons show with deliberation, putting the entire line on sweet-faced young boys, none of whom appeared older than 16.

The police said that Anthony, a slight, sweet-faced boy, was chasing Shaimond Johnson, 16, when he fired a .380-caliber handgun several times.

He reached down and hauled a young man to his feet, a sweet-faced boy with golden hair and freckles like butter on his hairless cheeks.