One minute you're sitting at your desk, happily wallowing in a universe of dread and fear of a magnitude that only a truly self-absorbed person (that is, a writer on the verge of publication) can fully imagine, and the next your mother is firmly reminding you of the real world.
Mojaddedi confronted Karzai after the president joined him on the stage, firmly reminding him that the U.S. had given written assurances on so-called U.S. night raids.
By the end we are firmly reminded that nothing is sacred, least of all family.
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert took the rostrum as the debate opened, and firmly reminded the chamber that rules prohibit use of abusive, "profane, vulgar or obscene" language.
— Just 32 miles from a place called Hope, this small working-class city at the Texas and Arkansas border is "Clinton country," as people here frequently and firmly remind you.
Sandra Annette Bland was the fourth of five daughters, whose mother, like mine, lovingly but firmly reminded her, "I'm not here to be your friend".
You can be a 39-year-old shortstop with devotees sketching out your Hall of Fame plaque and be firmly reminded that you are overstaying your time in a young man's game.
So touchy is 10 Downing Street about this question that Prime Minister David Cameron took time during a 30-minute call to firmly remind President Obama that BP is a global corporation, and that it long ago ceased calling itself "British Petroleum".
"When it comes to concerted protest actions by students, which follow other more visible incidents linked for instance to wearing the veil, the secular framework for education must be firmly reminded and guaranteed," it said.
We had had a minor panic attack when Scott and I realized we had forgotten our passports -- yes, you do need one to get into the Bahamas, as we were firmly reminded by the customs officials in Abaco.
"What Hootie means by that," one member said, "is that those members have been or will be firmly reminded that they are violating a club policy by speaking out.
