"We have to make an example rather strenuously to make sure the whole community gets the message," Mr. Smith said.
There's nothing half so thrilling in Furious 7 (Universal, 12), even if the latest instalment in the seemingly inexhaustible petrol and pectorals franchise fashions itself rather strenuously as a celebration of self-styled family.
But to judge from how this polished, hand-drawn movie addresses, or rather strenuously avoids, race, it is a lot more difficult to be black, particularly in a Disney animated feature.
Moreover, Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis rebuked Makarios rather strenuously at the first meeting in London and threatened to withdraw Greek support if Makarios refused to sign the agreements.
For unlike many of her neighbors, the Kate Spade customer is not one of eternal leisure; she rather works strenuously to convince everyone what a good time she's having, what an eternal summer camp life is.
At the same time, the production seems to have some lost some of its dangerous edge (the depravity can look a bit strenuously dutiful rather than driven).
He himself strenuously denies this, claiming rather an affinity with Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, the British Tory party (he is a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher) and Bavaria's Edmund Stoiber.
Barry writes beautifully, all right, but, unlike chekhov, he insists too strenuously on himself as a poet, rather than letting the poetry of stage characterization speak for him.
As the story creeps along, though, and César's behavior grows strenuously outré — he has a way with cockroaches — his sadism, rather than any idea or character, becomes the movie's point and then its payoff.
Some camp leaders have strenuously resisted the move, telling camp residents to refuse all aid rather than accept a reduced ration.
The Social Democrats, Mr. Steinmeier included, are known for their more Russia-friendly stance, arguing strenuously for engagement with the increasingly assertive power to the east, rather than its isolation.
