21.   I simply ask the United States Senate to heed this plea and vote on the highly qualified nominees before you, up or down.

22.   Serbs blamed ethnic Albanian militants for the attack and accused peacekeepers of failing to heed their pleas for protection during the harvest season.

23.   Ventura was unsure if baseball owners would heed his plea.

24.   Yeltsin, heeding pleas from top academics and scientists, agreed to exempt postgraduate students until they had finished their training and defended their postgraduate projects.

25.   Yeltsin, heeding pleas from top academics and scientists, agreed to exempt post-graduate students until they had finished their training and defended their post-graduate projects.

26.   However, French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette predicted that Beijing would eventually heed pleas to improve its human rights record.

27.   Earlier Friday, French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette said that Beijing would eventually heed pleas to improve its human rights record.

28.   Meanwhile, De Charette predicted that Beijing would eventually heed pleas to improve its human rights record.