"I feel pretty normal being criticised by these folks," says Perry, giving a stern response:

But that was likely to have been seen as an exceedingly stern response, since the Air Force has never court-martialed a general.

"We do have a code of conduct and, should this be confirmed, there will be an immediate and stern response."

It has sent them to senators and is preparing "advocacy kits" to help people lobby for a sterner American response to the genocide (see dollsfordarfur.org).

The state authority has one stern response: not exactly.

After the stern response from the White House today, normally loquacious Sharon advisers were notably quiet.

A television camera secured the conversation and Schilling's stern response.

The raids prompted a stern response from the organisations targeted.

General Powell's remarks drew a stern response from the government in Zimbabwe.

Le Pointre's challenge on Wooster Street drew a sterner response.