"If one of them tries to break out of the mold, they don't know whether they simply energize the other side without winning," said Kurt Lauk, a former conservative member of the European Parliament who has advocated a more forceful discussion of economic issues.
Yes, he wishes he had managed his law practice better, and yes, he wishes he had been more forceful during strategy discussions in the Brawley case.
Moreover, Walmart executives have played a forceful role in industry discussions about what should be done to prevent future factory fires.
Mr. Bush is not always as forceful in detailed policy discussions as he is in broadly thematic appeals, and while today's speech allowed him to read from a text, many of the kinds of town hall-style campaign events that his campaign is staging are less controlled.
Mr. Ban called his exchange with the generals "frank," and a senior United Nations official described the discussion as "forceful" on both sides.
The text would have profited from another round of editing to modify overly forceful generalizations, tighten the discussion, and check for historical and medical accuracy.
Enacting a payroll tax holiday, however, shouldn't end discussion of more forceful and effective proposals to stimulate employment.
In the discussion he is forceful and convincing, but has a pleasing style of whimsical humour too – much the same mix as he offers in his book in fact.
Berenson spoke of this revelation with a forceful clarity I rarely heard in discussions of her personal experience, which she tends to minimize.
The juror said that Mr. Constantine maintained that he had problems with the case "in its totality" and was a forceful presence in the deliberations, often framing discussions of the evidence and legal thresholds.
