11.   Last month, seven Israeli writers signed a public plea for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to let the cave dwellers go home.

12.   Not one public plea from team owner Wayne Huizenga for Marino, his golf buddy, to stay.

13.   Now he hears of the public plea for a building from the same people who rejected his offer.

14.   The debate echoes around the nation as many states divert growing numbers of children to adult court in response to public pleas for a crackdown.

15.   --The Japanese prime minister, Masahiko Komura, issued a public plea for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia to stop.

16.   The public plea for patience has turned up in other surveys.

17.   The split was a long time coming, although Barak issued a public plea for them to stay.

18.   This came shortly after pitcher Curt Schilling made a public plea for general manager Lee Thomas to retain catcher Benito Santiago.

19.   Earlier this week, Levy issued an emotional public plea to Syria to rejoin peace talks.

20.   Extensive coverage is expected for a news conference and his public plea to save his debt-troubled but thriving company.