From a historical perspective, President Obama's inaugural remarks struck just the right balance.
The negative tone of Mr. Santorum's remarks struck at least a few students as inappropriate, especially for a Christian school.
Describing a meeting Mr. Prince held a few weeks ago with about 400 Citigroup bankers, several who attended said Mr. Prince's remarks struck them as superficial.
Mr. Davis, in his opening remarks, struck themes that he returned to again and again, contrasting his views on abortion, gun control and the environment with Mr. Simon's.
He had recently been to a meeting of the World Economic Forum — he goes almost every year — and his remarks struck me as having an up-to-the-minute cosmopolitan gloss.
Although Israel has long insisted on maintaining a permanent hold over certain groups of settlements, including those Mr. Netanyahu referred to Sunday, his remarks struck a jarring note on a day when the American envoy, George J. Mitchell, shuttled between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on a so-far unsuccessful mission to restart negotiations that have been stalled for over a year.
Having just read the translation of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's most recent letter from his hiding hole, the SecDef's remarks struck a funny chord.
Though some were offended, yes, and later argued that he was simply adding fuel to a fire that distracts the current administration, his remarks struck a different chord within me.
When the folks at MLB Network interviewed Nathan after the game and asked for his analysis, his remark, "strike all the way", came with a smile.
When the Judge checked him and ordered the remark stricken off the records, he showed a remarkable lack of deference to the Court, but again in such a way that many people might have thought that he was defending the cause of justice and democracy.
