Minaya grew up in New York and spoke poignantly about his memories of sneaking into Mets game as a youngster and his longtime desire to run the team.

They have taken Shakespeare's comic masterpiece, kept its Elizabethan spirit, voice and wit, yet created a new, accessible work that brashly and, at times, poignantly speaks to contemporary musical theater.

Miss Rodriguez spoke poignantly of the obligation of one generation to preserve the environment for the next.

Saxon, the fullback, spoke poignantly of having an abusive father.

They spoke poignantly of Kendall's parents and grandfather, none of whom she remembered.

At the Don Brown collection in Skamania County, Wash., thousands of rosaries speak poignantly of personal piety.

He added, "There's no other ad that speaks to the change in the dot-com market more poignantly than that commercial."

Her father speaks poignantly about Jennifer, of the family's awareness of Jennifer's absence from all family occasions, and of the harrowing revelations in the course of the trial.

Laura Dean, remembered from the musical "Doonesbury," sings two wistful songs by Amanda McBroom, which speak poignantly about the entrapment of women.

The boyish-looking killer speaks poignantly about taking his three young children to the beach a few days before he decided to open fire on the abortion clinic.