But Skourletis tried to sound a note of reassurance that payments would be met.
These people often need reassurance that their bodies in their natural states are as sexy to others as they feel to themselves.
While a modicum of reassurance is provided by the fact that retailers have signed up to the pledge and to cottoncampaign.org – boycott if not – inevitably Uzbek cotton finds its way into the nation's knicker drawers and linen cupboards.
If you want further reassurance, a food thermometer will give you a far straighter answer than the thermostat in your oven.
The party's internal polling showed crossover – the point at which the Conservatives overtook Labour – occurred in the wake of the party conferences in October, but then Labour clawed itself back into the lead in the first few weeks of the short campaign, possibly by offering reassurance on the deficit and immigration.
The Farc need constant reassurance because they are very, very mistrustful Michael Shifter Several US officials have suggested privately that diplomatic relations would not be affected if Colombia choses to desist from extraditing demobilized guerrillas.
Extra patrols, including armed officers, are patrolling the area to provide some reassurance to the community.
"There is only so much reassurance you can give to a country that is projecting its own insecurity on to an existential threat," said Frederic Wehrey, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment who is close to the administration, in a pre-summit briefing for reporters.
Reassurance is why the scene in Fifty Shades of Grey that begins, "'When did you start your period, Anastasia?'" is one of the most beloved, most celebrated erotic moments in EL James' book.
"When it comes to authorities engaging with Muslim community leaders, it's more about reassurance and keeping the relationship going, that sort of consultation is definitely there," Seyit said.
The key point for Kennedy appears to be reflected in his question, "Can you identify for us some limits on the commerce clause?" Kennedy seems to be seeking reassurance that there is a "limiting principle", something in the government's position that will prevent its interpretation of the commerce clause from being an unlimited grant of federal power.
