11.   Although Russia has sought to keep the United Nations out of the Chechen conflict, Moscow asked on Thursday for help from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

12.   America is the land of lawyers, and it is also the land where TV crews ask folk in shopping malls for their opinion on the latest controversial trial.

13.   And asking customers to check with a store manager for details is too much to ask on something this basic.

14.   And how, he was asked on the way out of the clubhouse door, did he acquire the nickname Big Daddy?

15.   And when the professor asked a question about the force on the electric charges on a conducting sphere, he was met with silence.

16.   And, as is so often the case when modernization clashes with cultural heritage, the answer depends on whom you ask.

17.   Another potentially explosive issue arose when Norton was asked on Friday about her views on drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve.

18.   Another potentially explosive issue arose when Norton was asked on Friday about her views on drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

19.   As for being lucky or unlucky, it all depends on who you ask.

20.   Ashcroft was repeatedly asked on ABC whether Rowley would face retaliation for her criticism.