A State Department spokesman said, belatedly, that the election featured serious irregularities and "politically motivated arrests".
As usual he has a slick but substantial band, featuring serious musicians like the keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer and the drummer Billy Kilson.
They think it features nothing on the cover but entertainers and celebrities, and in fact Rolling Stone often features serious news on the cover".
After a few stiff openers that featured serious coats in cream ostrich and brown spotted calf hair, the collection loosened up.
The menu features serious bar food like a hickory short-rib burger, and mussels in white wine with Italian sausage, roasted pepper and tomatoes.
But while Mr. Franken's program has featured serious guests (Al Gore) and frat-house humor (a sketch that imagined Ann Coulter, the conservative commentator, locked in the green room), Mr. Jackson said in an interview that he was planning to play things straight.
While Nikon's successful D50 and D70 digital single-lens-reflex cameras offer many features, serious photographers find that there are still a few tricks the cameras cannot perform.
More than half of its 230 inmates are lifers, with the rest serving long sentences, seldom their first, with previous custody records typically featuring serious violence and spells in punishment blocks.
When introduced to a neighbourhood meeting with an oil lease to sell, "He faced them now, a portly person in a comfortable serge suit, his features serious but kindly, and speaking to them in a benevolent, almost fatherly voice".
The Kyser band featured serious swing arrangements but also comedic touches, and it gained a wide following with the radio and television quiz program "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge".
