11. It was not clear whether the hostages issued the pleas, written in five languages, on their own, or were forced to by the rebels. 12. Medical centers issued desperate pleas for vehicles, to reach either staff members or patients needing treatment. 13. Prosecutors issued a plea for the woman or anyone who knows her whereabouts to contact them. 14. Several Mexicans issued pleas to their government to work harder to preserve the dozens of Indian languages spoken in Mexico. 15. Shell issued a plea to the Nigerian government yesterday to commute the sentence on humanitarian grounds, a spokesman said. 16. The president also issued a plea for Americans to make individual contributions of money to private aid groups trying to help the Rwandans. 17. Though he insisted relations between the two countries remain stable, he issued a plea for calm. 18. To redress the balance, Regis Philbin issued a plea on the show last week for women to pick up the phone and try out. 19. A social worker, Lydia Arrevalo, issued a plea for donations of intravenous fluids and antibiotics. 20. At Friday prayers in the mosques, preachers issued similar pleas. |