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But in a pointed message, they did not let their militants fire rockets at Israel.

But, in a pointed nod to her pro-Israel audience, Ms. Rice called on America's allies in Europe to look for ways to further press the Iranian government.

But in a pointed letter dated Sept. 16, 2010, to Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose, Ms. Phillips wrote, "The selection process was a fair and neutral one, which presented more than an adequate opportunity for interested vendors to meaningfully participate".

But in a pointed way, the leaders of the Arab world have, for now, successfully pushed back against that logic, telling Mr. Bush, as one Saudi official said, that if he wants Arab cooperation for the removal of Mr. Hussein, he must first find closure in the holy land, because instability there radiates out to pose a strategic threat to Arab governments.

But in a pointed warning to the United States, Li said countries not directly involved in the territorial dispute should stay out of it.

They also took a strong position on Iraq, calling on Mr. Hussein to open his borders to inspections, but -- in a pointed warning to Washington -- stated that an attack on Iraq would threaten the national security interests of all Arab states.

A self-professed Christian of the dead church variety, he engages in a pointed but friendly debate with Ms. Fischer when she calls in to his show.

Sharing a stage for the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Democratic challengers hashed out their differences Tuesday night over guns, foreign policy and Wall Street regulation in a pointed but largely polite debate that underscored the broad consensus among the party's leading presidential contenders.

He did not mention by name former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, his leading rival, but raised the issue of health care in a pointed way.

In a pointed irony, assiduous sperm get the better of Eddie's impressive array of prophylactics.

In a pointed reminder that intolerance is not just a German problem, the museum includes a white Ku Klux Klan hood.