There's a competitive passive aggression in their solicitude, and plenty of ego within their altruism.
"We're not looking for winners or losers," George Bush chimed in, his solicitude acting against his words.
The president of the Islamic Society of Greater Columbus also noted that the A.C.L.U., in its solicitude for the rights of Muslims, had filed its suit without consulting any.
The Supreme Court, in its solicitude for the free-speech interests of the rich, has struck down state laws that enabled candidates to claim more public funds if their opponents' spending exceeded a certain threshold.
Meanwhile, editorial writers are inveighing against the prime minister both for his failure, so far, to recall Parliament for a full-scale debate on Iraq and for what many see as inappropriate eagerness in his solicitude toward Mr. Bush.
Those peddling the story of the nonexistent reactor appear to have been aiming "at derailing the U.S.-North Korean agreement that administration hard-liners think is appeasement". In his solicitude for the U.S.-North Korean agreement -- itself a deeply flawed document and one repeatedly violated by Pyongyang -- the solution to the riddle becomes clear.
These two are not tender people — life has hardened them — but their love for each other emerges in Agaat's solicitude and in Milla's private thoughts and journal entries, which this book lays bare.
And while Ms. Parker and Ms. Clark have a lovely, if fleeting, scene of sisterly solicitude in the second act, the friction between the brothers inspires some of Mr. White's least felicitous dialogue.
He talks with his usual concentration and exactitude, but something arouses in Sam the solicitude for his welfare that has been an element of their relationship from the beginning.
For the next quarter-century, untraceable to lawyers, detectives and distant relatives, Heloise and Everard, whose names suggest a much earlier pair of cursed lovers, remain constant in their mournful solicitude for each other.
