These movies are always tests of a man's manful masculinity, his ability to keep himself together.
The truth is that Harry, however much he feels the reverse to be true, is at his most princely when a soldier: serving his country; leading by example; reinforcing hierarchy; celebrating the best of British; and looking manful.
The opposition spokesman must deliver a spontaneous riposte based on a quick reading of a newly published (and highly technical) document produced by his opponent.As it turned out, Alan Johnson did a manful job denouncing George Osborne's spending cuts as a threat to economic recovery and low-to-middle earners.
Mr Brown did a manful job this week of defending Labour's work during its three terms in power.
Broken-in sectionals and sturdy communal tables divide the mammoth space into little pockets that have a homey feel, with pairs of wing chairs and furnishings in plaids and felts; the globes, taxidermy and diagrams of skeletal systems provide the manful touch of a hunting lodge.
As for Romney, his comportment on Wednesday was less manful than muted, less bold than bland.
My strides felt manful and solid, my ankles more sure and I ran … no, I bounced... taller, head up, easily reaching an extra half kilometre.
Jeremy Clarkson hurls manful defiance at the new green tyranny of endless eco-shows like, er, Top Gear, The Car's the Star, Grand Prix Highlights and The Farnborough Air Show.
With their manful emoting, you could call the National an American version of Elbow – or, perhaps, the next REM, a literate rock band with mass appeal.
The England captain, who made 63, tried his manful best but the tourists' costly habit of collapsing undermined them once again as a target of 284 to win – just about feasible at start of play on the fifth morning – became utterly distant after the loss of four wickets for 11 runs to the spinners Yasir Shah (four for 44) and Zulfiqar Babar.
"I will never be lacking if the clash of sounds collide, with refinement and logic bursting from a cone of manful blast," he writes on page 90.
