The solution, one Republican state senator helpfully averred, was for the governor to resign.

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Enter the opposite view in the form of MIT economist Erik Brynjolfsson, who quickly averred that growth is not dead.

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Lobov, who recently averred that the U.S. military buildup could "wreck" the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) talks underway in Vienna.

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This week, for example, President Dmitry Medvedev averred that Russia will not accept any restrictions on state support of agricultural producers.

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Life in the big East, he averred, was better than ever notwithstanding.

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Because in confronting our deepest racial feelings -- even if emotions are "rubbed raw, " he averred -- we will emerge better and stronger.

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For some time now, Wall Street firms have averred that a terror-free international index can be created, but no entity has specifically requested that one be created.

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It was only a few months ago that David Cameron, the Conservative leader, averred that since the economy was purring so happily his historic mission was to mend British society.

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Having been talked up last month, the putative negotiations, ostensibly aimed at stabilising Iraq, seem distant now that both sides have sulkily averred that they never really wanted to talk at all.

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