If true, these extraordinarily serious claims would have cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Reagan Presidency.

The top players say things are "extraordinarily serious" or face "devastating outcomes" if the political crisis in the eurozone isn't quickly resolved.

This is extraordinarily serious, and we take it as such.

Despite Cyrill's comments at the news conference, this outbreak is extraordinarily serious.

Senior officials in the post-Milosevic government, noting the men had been taken into police custody, called the killings an "extraordinarily serious crime."

"They are deeply unserious people in extraordinarily serious times - and that makes them an irresistible target for anyone with a sense of humor."

The economic situation, he observed, is "extraordinarily serious and threatening".

The men were in police hands when they disappeared, said senior officials, calling their killings an "extraordinarily serious crime."

Moreover, they stick to whatever surface they touch, producing the potential for extraordinarily serious external or internal burns.

Last week the Food and Drug Administration made an extraordinarily serious charge about the tobacco industry.