In the light of the Tour's traditional links with the French equivalent of the National Farmers Union, Verity carefully stressed the agricultural angle, but the delegation's visit ended with an urban coup de théâtre.
They were engaged in a comic routine: after glancing at the theatre's marquee, they would look at each other and repeat a carefully stressed mantra, "We are going to an OP-er-ah, an OP-er-ah".
They also shared and share impatience with Mr Kohl's tendency to sit out problems, though in public they carefully stress their boss's "unmatched" role as a world statesman.
Explaining his position, Cable chose his words carefully, while stressing there was "no disloyalty whatsoever".
In this study, we tried to formulate our conclusions carefully, only stressing the need to re-consider the value of conservative treatment as a valid and independent option in the treatment of AKI.
Arina Borodina, who covers television for the newspaper Kommersant, said she was struck by recent episodes of "Projector Paris Hilton" in which the hosts "carefully, and I stress carefully," made fun of such things as the emblem of the Sochi Olympics and Mr. Putin's four-hour televised question-and-answer session.
Explaining his position, Cable chose his words carefully and stressed there was "no disloyalty whatsoever".
He repeated Israel's rejection of the 1967 boundaries but prefaced it more carefully to stress agreement with the Obama administration – if anything a tempering of his tone from last week: We'll be generous about the size of the future Palestinian state.
He chose his words carefully on Friday, stressing the need for exploring all diplomatic avenues.
