11.   But several legislators and advocates for children are pushing hard for a dramatic gesture.

12.   Do they make these dramatic gestures in order to save themselves, or do they do it to get caught?

13.   He also believes Bush can make a dramatic gesture toward reconciliation by appointing Gore running mate Joseph I. Lieberman to a high-level Cabinet position.

14.   He prefers the dramatic gesture over words.

15.   In a dramatic gesture, this room of religious paintings is succeeded by a red-walled chamber devoted to Satanism.

16.   In a dramatic gesture, Gore also called for a face-to-face meeting with Bush and an end to the increasingly bitter rhetorical battle between the two camps.

17.   In his six years in Congress, Rep. Paul McHale developed a reputation as a straight-shooting marine who allows himself the occasional indulgence of a dramatic gesture.

18.   It does not hurt, of course, that this is the season in which Cuomo needs some dramatic gestures.

19.   It was the most dramatic gesture by the team in its feud with SMG.

20.   It sounded like a dramatic gesture.