From those ashes emerged Reagan, the modern archetype of a president committed to a distinctly conservative orthodoxy; that is, a few strongly held ideas — opposing Communism, limiting government, encouraging free enterprise — from which he never deviated.
And they should expect that, that they should not be committed until the odds are distinctly in our favor.... Q.
lt will offer amnesty to those who committed them, provided they meet the (distinctly subjective) conditions: full disclosure, political motivation, and action which, however nasty, accorded with their side's policy at the time.
Carson showed a distinctly nervous reluctance to commit himself; indeed, he shied away from the subject, and cut the discussion short by saying, "There are no absolutes".
Mr Reinfeldt embraced a distinctly Blairite agenda of choice in the public services, which showed that he was committed to the "social model" but believed it needed change.
Exhausted and distinctly middle aged looking when she first emerged, Ms. Holloway is now smoother skinned, sleeker and blonder, as if she had committed to being reborn as a young Deborah Norville.
