Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sits bolt upright, his hands folded neatly on the oak table in front of him. A dark suit and subdued tie reinforce the image of a stern military man, someone just as capable of offering an interrogator no more than name, rank and serial number as he is of impassively handing down a tribunal's verdict. Not even his eyes, hidden behind dark glasses, give anything away...
...yesterday, he seemed to have gained polish in his public dealings with students. The atmosphere in yesterday's forum was far less volatile than that which pervaded the two previous ones. In fact, at times, Clark broke through his stern persona and told several amusing anectdotes...
Press 2 for a stern scolding...
There are baby dolls, soldier dolls, movie-star dolls and, of course, Barbie and Ken dolls. Mommy dolls on the career track are difficult to find. Or used to be: Cindy Stern, a New York City mother of two, watched her children at play and decided to create a doll that would broaden a child's role-playing fantasies. She and doll-dress designer Sue Ogden, a mother of three, created Mommy Doll, now manufactured by Tootsietoy of Chicago. Very contemporary Mommy comes with business suit, briefcase and baby for "Mommy Off to Work" activities, and a leisure outfit...
...President, he had dissolved the National Assembly and declared a state of emergency. To run the government as interim Prime Minister, he said, he had chosen Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, 59 the leader of the opposition in the dissolved assembly and an inveterate enemy of Bhutto's. Despite that stern action, Ishaq stressed his commitment to democracy and promised new elections on Oct. 24 as "an opportunity for the people to restore their representatives' accountability." Later that night the country's four provincial assemblies were dissolved as well...