Reagan vetoed the bill, and delivered a stern statement explaining why.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki issued a stern statement Tuesday night that was likely to strain ties further.
Buckingham Palace released a rather stern statement, saying that Prince Charles would represent the Queen at the funeral.
In an unusually stern statement, President Giorgio Napolitano accused Berlusconi's party members of undermining Italy's parliamentary system.
Gov. David A. Paterson, who has said he believes the Legislature's proposals fall far short of what is needed to restore public confidence in Albany, issued a stern statement minutes after the Senate vote, vowing to veto the bills.
Even the Catholic church is joining the cause, issuing a stern statement in August that it is in "the best interest of all concerned that smuggling of counterfeit drugs be fought against".The pope's concern is justified.
In a stern statement, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan rejected the defense's arguments that Mr. Schultz was unaware of the legal risks and called him "an ordinary thief in every conventional sense of that word".
"With its actions in recent days Russia has damaged its credibility and its relations with the nations of the free world," Mr. Bush said in his fourth stern statement on the conflict in five days, and the strongest to date.
