1.   Tearful Catholic mothers appeared on television, saying the same thing.

2.   The tearful Afghan mother hugs her young daughter and tells of another daughter who was taken away.

3.   A cartoon in The Sun shows a tearful mother with her wide-eyed children in front of a TV news show, surrounded by dictionaries.

4.   At the back of the church, Nick Perpich embraced his tearful mother while a U.S. flag was unfolded and draped over the casket.

5.   First, the Senate Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee heard from the tearful mother of Sgt. Lance Fielder, the victim.

6.   The tearful mother, Wong Yuk-hing, said the report had left out several facts.

7.   Another TV programme showed the tearful mother of a soldier giving emotional thanks to Russian doctors arriving to tend the wounded.

8.   She was greeted by her tearful mother and representatives of Cheung Chau island where she lives.

9.   She was greeted on her arrival from Los Angeles by her tearful mother and hundreds of fans and representatives of her native Cheung Chau island.