Farragut, lashed in the rigging to observe the action over the smoke billowing from the guns, acted promptly and resolutely.

He needs to be able to act resolutely, too, to give orders when necessary without terrifying himself over what the consequences might be.

This time, fortunately, he decided to act resolutely by meeting force with force.

I am not certain that at every moment and at every stage there was willingness on the other side to act resolutely in order to stop it.

There is not a moment to lose; you must act resolutely, with massive reprisals.

We need to act resolutely in this case.

I thank you for your support, Mr Piebalgs, and hope that the Commission will act resolutely in this matter.

We must act resolutely, or else those who persecute Christians will think they have our tacit blessing.

It is now not only by brain, but literally by all skin do we feel that we must act resolutely.

This has been a less than successful night, and we are going to have to act quickly and resolutely to minimize the damage.