That, in stark terms, was the message both from Mr Vaile and from the developing world.

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Rand painted the world in stark terms, as a struggle between the individual and the collective.

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The task facing the Scots was framed in stark terms by Robinson, who will be deprived of the talents of Chris Cusiter and Johnnie Beattie for the matches.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics demonstrates this in stark terms.

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In more stark terms, whatever the motivation behind the payments, they tend to come off looking more like hush money than honorable compensation.

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And, according to my sources, the FSA is broadly saying to the Co-Op that it has to decide whether its future is in banking or in supermarkets (although I am sure the FSA would deny putting it in such stark terms).

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We published a major multiday series several years ago called Washing Away in which we laid out in very stark and clear and understandable terms what would happen if a hurricane of this magnitude approached New Orleans from a certain angle, as this one did, and pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain against the levees.

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"The U.S. business was always good in terms of performance and a strong contributor to growth, " said analyst Christian Stark at CA Cheuvreux.

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This was in stark contrast to old-fashioned bookshops such as Foyles, which made no concessions to the customer in terms of service or comfort.

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