Mr Stone may be forgiven for failing, like everybody else, to say clearly what can be done to make things less awful.
But our key challenge now therefore in relation to Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, even countries with whom we've had long association is to say clearly and unequivocally Britain stands with the aspirations of people for a better future and that those aspirations should be met not with repression, but actually with a process of reform.
"I assume that Senator Clinton -- who has spoken out strongly against military discrimination, who stands for civil unions and respect for same-sex couples -- understands that gay Americans are not immoral, and she ought to say so clearly, " said Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, a group that advocates same-sex marriage.
The best thing they can do in St Petersburg is to say as much loudly and clearly.
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One minute of silence will clearly say to the world that what happened in 1972 can never happen again.
So we want to make sure that we say clearly and loudly that the Republican amendment will not work on all of the various dimensions that I described.
Suffice it to say, that council, clearly unaware as to how powerful the Internet could be, was forced by outcry to lift the ban in less than a day.
Today, as we say farewell to the president and symbol Yasser Arafat, we say clearly that our people... will continue the march towards freedom and independence.
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But its fair to say the trend line makes the signal hard to argue with and clearly of concern.
Contrary to the image of him as president, Reagan was very religious and would not have so easily consented to a culture suddenly demanding the right to redefine what the scriptures (Old Testament and New Testament) say clearly about a man and a woman leaving their parents and coming together to form one flesh in marriage.
"I speak honestly and clearly when I say to you (Americans) that you hold a gun to Iran's head and you expect to engage in dialogue, " he told Mehr.
Maybe I wasn't as artful as I could have been that night to say to you that I think, if there is a reorganization -- and clearly the president's vision is that we need one -- and I believe that he'll find great support and leadership on the Hill from Republicans and Democrats.
When we say clearly that we are ready to negotiate directly with the Syrians caucus(ph).
However, pidgins typically evolve in situations where speakers of specific languages Portuguese and Tamil, say need to communicate for a clearly defined purpose, usually trade.
So on one hand you have a brand, Ace, selling shovels, etc. to people who clearly need them and as such would me more willing than to buy one than say during a sunny day.
The police say they want to work with licensed premises to clearly establish when they can legally open late.
What we can say clearly is that if we want to help New Orleans or other at-risk areas, cutting emissions will have virtually no impact for many decades.
He said we clearly didn't know what we wanted to say in the film and that it didn't make any sense.
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The lawyers say science clearly shows that the global warming gas contributes to everything from asthma to erosion, affecting industries from farming to tourism.
Now, I don't know how clearly I can say this, but let me try to repeat it.
Clearly NARAS is attempting to right some sort of wrong (say, the last ten years or so of the Grammy Awards?) with these nominees.
Heavy guitars are clearly the album's signature, but that isn't to say it's a constant barrage.
You can see clearly what needs to shift, but it seems like the more you say or do to try to help, the less effect you have.
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"That is not to say that it was AQIM which planned, or organized or led the activity but clearly some of the individuals had some linkages, " he said.
Douglas Alexander did not and would not say "we sceptics" but the shadow foreign secretary was clearly trying to protect Labour's flank from those who dislike the fact that the party was pro the euro and anti a referendum.
All are making their Broadway debuts, but they're clearly no divas: Each politely raises her hand when she has something to say.
But both Kerry and Edwards, who say they are opposed to same-sex marriage but open to civil unions, were clearly trying to carefully step through the political minefield the issue presents.
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Many of the girls were clearly under 18 but none dares say so, and our crew was warned to get out of the area before we were attacked.
"That's a really self-defeating way of posing the question because you say 'get back to' and 'ferrying back and forth', " he said, clearly irked.
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