1.   Thankfully their performance was much better, yet it took a pointed comment from Michelle Detroit to get the crowd onto their feet and drum up some atmosphere.

2.   Besides her frustrated prophecies, Bresnahan also delivers pointed comments directed at her mother, Hecuba, and father, Priam.

3.   In recent days, Helms has made several pointed negative comments about President Clinton, which have made headlines and forced top Republicans to distance themselves.

4.   Jeff Horton, the first openly gay member of the Board of Education, has responded at recent meetings with pointed comments directed at the pair.

5.   Law tried to allay those concerns with the kind of pointed comment that has earned him kudos among local Jewish leaders.

6.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani made some pointed comments about not being a colony anymore.

7.   Not to mention a pointed comment or two about arbitrary abuses of power in a city she called Giulianiville.

8.   Oates has made pointed comments aimed at the front office, but in private until now.

9.   Trouble is, some tour pros might not want to play for Miller after his pointed comments.

10.   Vice President Al Gore, meanwhile, began his campaign with pointed comments about the need for character in high office, explicitly seeking to distance himself from Clinton.