1.   After signing the executive order that authorized U.S. military intervention against Iraq eight years ago, George Bush wrote a poignant message in his diary.

2.   Few other family films so skillfully blend imaginative adventure with a poignant message as this first-rate fantasy directed by Frank Oz.

3.   Every tree in the park stretching from the palace was surrounded by candles, or their melted remains, and plastered with poignant messages.

4.   The princess immediately spoke out against the evil of land mines in a poignant message for Angolans.

5.   In his own cabinet office Chan has a picture which should have provided a poignant message.