The test is how resolutely their bosses in London transmit material that might not suit government or blimpish MPs.
The waffling of Senator McCain's on Iraq -- for the war, against the prosecution of the war, for the new expansion of hostilities -- reads as a classic example of another inside-the-Beltway jockey with his finger in the air, resolutely testing the breezes of political expediency.
Everton provided a much sterner test but Sunderland defended resolutely in the second half to ensure they recorded back-to-back victories for the first time this season.
Despite its cautious stance, Beijing said it "resolutely opposed" the test and urged Pyongyang to avoid actions that would sharpen tensions and to return to six-party disarmament talks.
And yet now, in the face of an infinitesimally smaller threat, we have a government resolutely failing the test of civilisation by creating powers for the state that fundamentally infringe liberty and are designed to have permanent effect.
China says it is "resolutely opposed" to the test.
It's his 52nd Test 50, and he celebrates by resolutely ignoring a mouthful of abuse from the bowler.
China, North Korea's key ally, said it was "resolutely opposed" to the test, urging its neighbour to avoid actions that would sharpen tensions and return to six-party arms-for-disarmament talks.
China, whose response was closely watched around the world, said it was "resolutely opposed" to the test, according to a Foreign Ministry statement carried by the official Xinhua news agency.
China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, quickly announced that his government was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed to the test", and took a symbolically important step in calling in the North Korean ambassador to China to underline this message.
