31.   If successful, Allen could do far more than simply ask pointed questions or get a few directors on the Nichols board.

32.   In recent years there also have been pointed questions and numerous inquiries into the near-total monopoly on business enjoyed by Claus.

33.   In his first extended news conference with the national media, he faced some pointed questions on abortion, taxes and his own past, but he survived them.

34.   In his years in Congress, McCain was well known among reporters for returning phone calls and generally answering even the most pointed questions.

35.   In the end, Van Gundy said, he put a pointed question to his players.

36.   Instead of asking pointed questions, the report indicated, the directors appeared to rely too heavily on assurances from Enron executives and outside advisers.

37.   It is worth getting in a few pointed questions, even if it means getting thrown out.

38.   Jim Gray asked pointed questions of Cowboys about their woes.

39.   JUDGE POSES QUESTIONS TO MICROSOFT Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson posed several pointed questions to one of the last witnesses testifying for Microsoft at its antitrust trial.

40.   Members of Congress have already asked pointed questions about the potential fees for lawyers who negotiated the national settlement.