Sentence examples for responding to a plea from inspiring English sources

They were responding to a plea from the poet Mahmoud Darwish to bear witness to military occupation.

TOKYO — Japan pledged on Thursday to cut its oil imports from Iran, responding to a plea from the visiting United States Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, who was rebuffed by China on the matter a day earlier.

Responding to a plea from a friend who represented two medical societies, Janet Rehnquist, the Health and Human Services Department's inspector general, intervened in a legal battle between the societies and Medicare regulators, interviews show.

Responding to a plea from Mormon Church leaders to "become involved in this important cause," members contributed millions of dollars and volunteered for countless hours on behalf of Proposition 8.

Responding to a plea from beleaguered producers, officials of the Broadway stagehands' union said yesterday that they would accept a 25percentt reduction in pay for the next four weeks for five long-running shows in the wake of decreased tourism and theater attendance related to last week's terrorist attacks.

NIH's Elias Zerhouni was responding to a plea by 206 House members asking the White House to "modify" its policy prohibiting federal support of research on any human embryonic stem cell (HESC) lines created after 9 August 2001.

In May last year, however, a separate Metropolitan Police inquiry, code-named Operation Grange, was established after Prime Minister David Cameron responded to a plea from Madeleine's parents.

Portuguese authorities dropped their investigation into her disappearance in 2008, but Scotland Yard started a review in May 2011, after Prime Minister David Cameron had responded to a plea from the McCanns, of Rothley, Leicestershire.

Portuguese authorities dropped their investigation into her disappearance in 2008, but Scotland Yard started a review in May 2011, after UK Prime Minister David Cameron responded to a plea from the McCanns.

The government granted the permission in a statement from its mission to the United Nations, which said it was responding to a written plea to Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian foreign minister, from Christine Levinson, the wife of the missing man, Robert Levinson.

Responding to a joint plea from the mayors of Boston and New York, the United States Congress approved $25 million in additional federal money for each convention to help the cities cover rising security costs, according to Beacon Hill.