Their actions included everything from warning law enforcement officers against attempting a forceful resolution of the situation to forming an armed perimeter around the refuge.
While China has strongly defended the quality and safety of its food and drug exports, and even denied that the toothpaste it exported was unsafe, it is pushing for a more forceful response to the situation.
In his most forceful comments on the situation in Bahrain to date, Obama addressed concerns about the worsening repression in that island kingdom.
Mr. Netanyahu may well agree with those words, but in his five-day visit to the United States, finishing with a speech in Washington last night, he has never described the situation in such forceful terms.
The situation prompted a forceful clarification from Ms. Fleming, the chairwoman of the Legislature's Tea Party Caucus at the time, who issued a statement saying that while Mr. Patrick was the founder and leader of the caucus, he did not speak on its behalf.
The new power to issue an official warning, for example, will allow us to warn trustees that we are monitoring their compliance with the law in situations where more forceful intervention would not be appropriate.
Unlike the previous situations we have discussed above, a forceful, direct expression of disapproval can, in certain situations, be effective.
Meatier material unfolded in Jacques Audiard's De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone), a compelling drama about an emotionally handicapped boxer and a physically handicapped whale trainer, and Captive, Brillante Mendoza's forceful dramatization of a Philippine hostage situation.
Such situations in Boston and New York serve as forceful reminder that even in deep blue states, pockets of discrimination remain.
Lexical signalling: there were some examples of the use of forceful adjectives, verbs, or nouns implying problematic situations.
