But, at the same time, firmly requesting an answer like this makes it difficult for them to hedge or prevaricate.
Police commissioner Bill Bratton on Friday firmly requested that officers not turn their backs on the mayor again at Liu's funeral on Sunday.
Australia's environment minister Greg Hunt firmly requested – some said demanded – a chance to speak after the screening because of Australia's financial contribution to the series, sources told Guardian Australia.
"Given that Bebo has hung its hat on the tip of Genital Marketing(TM), we firmly request that you discontinue the use of the 'Bélo' logo immediately.
In these experiments the great majority of subjects, when politely though firmly requested by an experimenter, were willing to administer what they thought were increasingly severe electric shocks to a screaming "victim".
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign affairs has firmly requested Meng's release, meanwhile, a spokesperson for which has said that her detention needed further explanation to "effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the person concerned," per reports.
Readers can contact Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood at 210 335 2311 to politely but firmly request a full exoneration.
INTERACTIVE: Discover songs of L.A. The sold-out crowd, evenly divided among the genders, swooned and sang, so focused on Clark that they actually complied with the robotic voice that, at the opening of the show, firmly requested that fans resist smartphone snapshots and digital annoyances.
The pair most come alive when talking about production, in fact, at the start of our conversation they politely, but firmly, request we talk about the album as much as possible rather than conversations about Panorama Bar that "don't matter".
They were however firmly requested to avoid intake of any food items supplemented with probiotic bacteria.
