1.   And in his statement Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei delivered a fervent appeal that he addressed in particular to other Muslim leaders.

2.   In fact, the letters and my fervent appeals got me nowhere.

3.   Patrick Buchanan gains support with a fervent antiabortion appeal.

4.   Yeltsin, still recuperating from a heart attack, appeared on nationwide television Friday with a fervent appeal that voters not let authoritarian forces retake control of Russia.

5.   The administration has been making fervent appeals to both sides of late to exercise restraint.

6.   He had a scare in the final over, when Cork had a fervent appeal for leg before rejected.

7.   But she also made a fervent appeal to the opposition to take part in upcoming elections.

8.   Soares made a fervent appeal for national reconciliation in Angola after almost two decades of civil war.

9.   The Israelis were heartened to hear Bush resist Saturday a fervent appeal by Mubarak to work towards the creation of a Palestinian state with temporary borders by next year.