61.   They have chosen to run campaigns that feature warm, almost apolitical themes that make a direct appeal to women and elderly voters.

62.   They were goaded to the task after the local Kamchatka legislature drafted and threatened to send a direct appeal for humanitarian assistance to the United Nations.

63.   Vodafone, the biggest mobile-phone company, formally began the takeover on Friday in a direct appeal to Mannesmann shareholders.

64.   What all this programming has in common, CBS executives said, is direct appeal to women viewers.

65.   What is needed is a direct appeal to use alternatives because a creature which is revered and admired really is in danger of extinction.

66.   Whitman spent the closing days of the campaign emphasizing her tax cuts, making direct appeals to female voters and fighting hard to regain her standing with conservatives.

67.   While Ferrer himself avoids direct appeals based on race and ethnicity, his campaign has quite explicitly appealed for black and Latino votes.

68.   After losing all direct appeals, Gibson received help in preparing a habeas appeal that said his trial lawyer failed to provide constitutionally adequate help.

69.   Albright and Downer called Annan on Friday to make a direct appeal for intervention in Myanmar.

70.   Although claims of inadequate counsel are common on direct appeal, it is unusual for an appeals attorney to criticize himself later, Owen said.