"I took a very dim view of signs of apathy or slacking on the job," he noted sternly.
Even before it was disclosed, Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, noted sternly on French radio that the French state was the highest-spender as a share of GDP, "not only in the euro zone but within the European Union of 27".
This kind of softness on the I.P.C.C. distresses Payne, who accuses Lomborg of being "too diplomatic" and notes sternly that the I.P.C.C., like Gore, "is dressing up its findings in scary Halloween costumes" — e.g., by predicting that if warming continues it will wipe out a third of the Earth's species.
Politics dissolve in the face of such grand, formalist gestures, as the Communist press sternly noted at the time of the film's first, unsuccessful release.
"We want everybody to understand that there is an imminent danger," he said sternly, noting that some people near the town of Nutrioso, where the fire had reached the periphery, had refused to leave.
Because the confusion of rift with riff is happening so frequently, notes the lexicographer sternly, "the modern use of riff in that sense appears to be nothing more than rank word-swapping resulting from sound association".
"The Muslims in Kaduna State have taken the patience of Christians for granted," he said sternly, noting that at least 58 churches in Kaduna, and maybe many more, suffered damage in the recent attacks.
Near the end of this one, Albus Dumbledore Richard Harriss, in his last screen performance) sternly notes that Harry and Ron have broken at least a dozen rules in the code book of their school, Hogwarts, and then gives them a special award for service to the institution.
The report did not give details of the plan, but the official summation of the Politburo meeting noted that the party would "sternly investigate and punish violations of party rules and laws by party members and officials," and "give full play to deterrent force".
Then there is Congress to worry about.Members of the Senate Finance Committee last month quizzed the acting US trade representative, Demetrios Marantis, about EU access for ethanol, biodiesel, beef, pork and poultry from their respective states (for every person in my state, noted a senator from Delaware sternly, "there are 300 chickens").
But it should be noted that he does occasionally speak sternly to Robbie Rotten, the anti-exercise, pro-candy villain of LazyTown.
