What should Stern's "substantial sanctions" be?
"This was an unacceptable decision by the San Antonio Spurs, and substantial sanctions will be forthcoming".
Until the country is taken off the list, the United States must vote against I.M.F. and World Bank loans to Tripoli, and substantial sanctions remain in place.
He vowed to impose "substantial sanctions" on the Spurs, then followed through by fining the team $250,000 for the couch day, raising a significant question for bosses everywhere: when is it unreasonable to give someone the day off?
When they were no-shows for the Spurs game at Miami, however, Stern went all Mount Vesuvius and bellowed that there would be "substantial sanctions" for Popovich sullying one of his showcase games.
That agreement expires on 24 November and the aim of the current talks is to replace it with a comprehensive deal in which Iran would accept limits on its nuclear activities for several years, in return for more substantial sanctions relief.
But the world powers want to keep substantial sanctions in place for years, lifting them as Iran proves that it will live up to the terms of the deal.
But Iranian officials have also insisted that they want substantial sanctions relief, and it remains unclear whether the six countries will be willing to suspend enough to satisfy Tehran.
Mr Hague said Iran now faced a "substantial" set of sanctions as it continued to defy the international community.
The United States and the European Union have now enacted a substantial range of sanctions on Russia, cutting off credit, banning arms exports and limiting the transfer of so-called sensitive technology, as well as targeting a number of highly placed individuals.
