Sentence examples for a pointed call from inspiring English sources

Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, has made a pointed call for the next president of Fifa to ensure any future World Cup hosts comply with fundamental human rights norms.

That didn't stop Beds Are Burning ­– a pointed call to white Australia to return the land to its original inhabitants – from becoming the band's biggest hit in America.

Mr. Rumsfeld issued a pointed call to Iraqis to join in condemning Mr. Sadr, and he renewed Mr. Bush's vow not to be driven out of Iraq by what Mr. Rumsfeld called "a group of thugs".

In his appearance on Tuesday, Mr. Bush alternately exhibited playfulness and annoyance, but issued a similarly pointed call for cooperation.

In a pointed conference call on Friday, Robert N. Chatigny, the federal judge who has twice issued stays to Mr. Ross's execution, castigated Mr. Paulding over his unusual position in the case.

Brown's pointed call to action seems to have been just what CBS was looking for.

Squatting on the floor of the Asia Society's grand marble lobby, she demonstrated her technique for cutting mirror shards into diamond, oval and triangular shapes and a pointed form called a "crow," using the sharpened edge of a terra cotta roof tile.

The Church likewise identified the origin and ownership of documents and buildings with seals, which were typically a pointed oval called a vesica to distinguish from round seals in non-religious use.

"These revelations are deeply disturbing and there is no place in society let alone public office for this type of behavior," Giannoulias said in a pointed statement calling for Cohen to leave the governor's race.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has made pointed calls for SocGen executives to face "consequences" (see article).

The letter also expressed express "grave concern over pointed calls by those in authority for censorship of The Guardian and criminal prosecution of its journalists in the name of national security".