Since his 2006 conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges, Mr. Skilling and his team of lawyers, led by Daniel M. Petrocelli, have waged an aggressive appeal, repeatedly seeking to overturn his conviction on various legal grounds.
Mr. LaValle's chief appeals lawyer, Kevin M. Doyle, the state's capital defender, said his office was preparing an aggressive appeal that would argue for a new trial on many grounds.
Mr. Lazio has made an aggressive appeal to Catholic voters, who make up about 45percentt of the electorate, and has held such photo opportunities with the Bishop of Buffalo and Archbishop Edward Egan of New York.
A1 Bush Makes Case to Floridians Gov. George W. Bush made an aggressive appeal to elderly voters in Florida, pitching his Social Security and Medicare plans and accusing Vice President Al Gore of employing scare tactics.
In the center ring are U.N.L.V.'s president, Carol Harter, and its athletic director, Charlie Cavagnaro, whose aggressive appeal to the N.C.A.A. and high-speed pursuit of Rick Pitino has upstaged the XFL for local intrigue and entertainment value.
Gov. George W. Bush made an aggressive appeal to elderly voters in Florida today, pitching his plans for Social Security and Medicare as superior to Vice President Al Gore's and casting Mr. Gore's assertions to the contrary as blatant scare tactics.
But now, with the decision by the Suffolk County executive, Steve Levy, to switch parties and seek the Republican nomination, Democrats find themselves facing an opponent with deep pockets who is making an aggressive appeal for independent voters by claiming he is the true agent of change.
So on Saturday she was heartened as students waited in lines for two hours for tickets to see Mr. Obama on Tuesday as he made a tour of college campuses in an aggressive appeal for young voters even as Mitt Romney was being nominated in Tampa.
The team has been similarly aggressive in its appeals to civic pride.
