"I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled to take and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course," he said.
Still, he said: "We need firmness, not threats.
"But it takes character and firmness to put an end to 70 years of corruption and poverty," he continued, referring to the seven decades that Mr. Labastida's Institutional Revolutionary Party has held presidential power.
During the suction phase, the skin deformation measures, first, the elastic resistance of the skin and then the viscous component, which, taken together, represent firmness.
The Donald J. Trump presidency is only a few days old and there is pressure to signal its firmness and the approach it will take in the Middle East.
We can see the beautiful array of colors in a mix of roasted vegetables, taste melted cheese as we pull it apart with our mouths, feel the firmness of fresh blueberries as we take a handful from the bowl, smell roasted chicken as it crisps in the oven, and hear a pasta sauce cooking as it sizzles on the stove.
Take a popsicle stick or something with a similar shape and firmness and push it down through the left and right side of the snake.
"But she came to realize China's firmness on taking back Hong Kong," Mr. Zhang told the newspaper.
The tracking poll also takes into account the firmness of voter support in a way that is different from other surveys — and which, to this point, is reflected in the narrower edge Clinton has over Trump in this poll compared with her lead in most others.
Knowing that her life had included the public humiliation of losing a husband to Elizabeth Taylor, two more marriages that left her on the edge of financial ruin, a roller coaster of a screen and stage career, health issues and raising two children more or less on her own, I was a bit taken back by the firmness of Debbie Reynolds' declaration.
