In a speech last week, Mr McCreevy sounded resolute.
Connecticut sounds resolute in reopening its right to weigh in on the merger.
Mr. Obama sounded resolute on Tuesday night in vowing he will not submit to this blackmail.
Beppe Iachini had sounded resolute in the wake of a 3-1 defeat by Inter four days earlier, stressing his belief that Palermo were improving and had the right mentality to avoid relegation.
Invoking Churchill, he was warm about America and sounded resolute over Iraq and al-Qaeda: in an interview for American television, he said the fight with terrorism was "a struggle for the soul of the 21st century"—an ingratiating phrase, even if it was borrowed from Bill Clinton.
Given that Obama – whatever one's views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is "urging" the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
Governor Brewer sounded resolute: "Decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation," she told a room packed with reporters.
Five months later she does not sound so resolute.
She could sound mournful, resolute or proud, but always had an underlying strength.
