The questioning was, even by the standards of the garrulous current court, unusually intense and pointed.
In what appeared to be pointed criticism of increasingly firm rhetoric from Cameron on multinational tax engineering, Carr insisted tax avoidance "cannot be about morality – there are no absolutes".
Even in a simple court dance, he's emphatic about the precise musical beat on which the foot has to be placed flat on the ground, the accent of a plié, the height at which a pointed toe should be lifted, the twist or curve of a torso.
Some morning speakers delivered pointed criticisms of Bush and Romney, the former Republican governors of Florida and Massachusetts who have said they may run for president in next year's primary contest but did not attend Saturday's event.
I dragged my toddlers away from CBeebies to witness this spectacle and Ted, who is 18 months old, pointed and cried "ba-wa-wee!" (toddlerese for butterfly).
He strongly denied all the charges put to him and pointed out that he was a strong backer of the peace process.
Next, he pointed out that full nationalization of a financial institution might trigger systemic shocks, as investors retreated from other banks, creating exactly the kind of panic that nationalization was intended to prevent.
Summers pointed to the example of Sweden, which was regularly cited by economists who favored nationalization.
He pointed out that having founded the FN and "led it during a period of 40 years of constant adversity" he considered himself a good "locomotive" to head the local regional election campaign.
"The blatant violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have been pointed out very clearly by the UN's commissioner for human rights," Amos told the Guardian during a visit to Tokyo, where she was attending a conference on improving responses to humanitarian crises in the Asia-Pacific.
Brands, as he pointed out, were far more than memorable names for modest little things in tins and packets, advertised in traditional mass media.
