In a solemn address broadcast on state television, Mr. Berlusconi reached out to all Italians.
The convention will be a jamboree of Republican reasonableness, culminating in a solemn address from the president himself.
ALMOST as soon as the first of America's missiles struck Afghanistan, President Jacques Chirac, his demeanour sombre and his voice solemn, addressed the French nation: "Our forces will take part.
In a solemn address to Parliament, President Nicolas Sarkozy declared the burqa an offense to women's dignity, unacceptable in France.
In a solemn address Sunday night, Macron recognized the deep divisions in the country. .
The great poets are forever being quoted in earnest and solemn commencement addresses, but this undoubtedly was the first speech ever filigreed with the words of Keats, Coleridge, Frost and Shaq.
Instead of giving a solemn speech at his desk, Obama staged his farewell address as a Chicago campaign rally.
But most of all, I recall a solemn Lou Gehrig addressing the packed stadium before the game.
Other tracks, like "Heart Attack," "Rock Me," "I Would," and "Once Again," take a more solemn tone, addressing jealousy and longing for past loves.
In solemn speeches and addresses, such as that given this week in the European Parliament by the Prime Minister of the country currently holding the presidency of the Union, Portugal, the wealth of Europe' s different cultures, traditions, languages and national identities has been emphasised time after time.
