His literary taste is sternly high-minded but he claims not to understand how anyone can enjoy reading Samuel Beckett.
"I said," now a little more sternly, "give me a high five".
To stem political rancor, the president, the defense minister, and high military officers sternly warned about the possibility of military intervention "if the military feels the country is in the hands of wrong politicians".
"What is happening here?" Mr. Spitzer asked, in a speech this week that was well-seasoned with the sort of high-flying and sternly delivered rhetoric that has always been his preferred mode.
On top of the sunblock I've already smeared all over them, I spray a heavy layer of insect repellent and sternly remind them to stay out of high grasses and check themselves and one another whenever they can.
The stakes are unusually high, the hard-driving Scott sternly warns his new employee, because the company hasn't gained much ground in the lucrative market of male suicides.
When Hillary Rodham Clinton shows a touch of temper about the right-wing conspiracy, she is reminded sternly that people in politics must be more high-minded.
The dim dining room, three steps down, has tables with sternly rustic wooden chairs that have straw seats and high backs.
President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao spent the week seeking the high ground, describing SARS as a grave danger to society and sternly warning officials not to cover up any cases.
"No," he replied sternly.
