Her stern words for Europe assuaged worries that a former French finance minister would be too cosy with her erstwhile colleagues.

她对欧洲的严厉措辞缓解了外界对于前任法国财长会讨好昔日同事的担忧。

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With his thin-rimmed specs and high forehead the stern-faced Takeshi Okada could almost be an unsmiling Japanese Sven-Goran Eriksson.

带着薄边眼睛，高额头、严肃的冈田武史可能是几乎不会笑的日本埃里克森。

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"For us the litigation is something that just has to be dealt with," Stern said. "it was not the reason for the settlement."

“起诉对我来说仅仅意味着处理”，斯特恩说，“而不是问题解决的原因。”

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And I tend to be more stern than I need to be with patients who try to bully others, almost certainly another legacy of my own early experience.

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It will also be interesting to see if Mr Obama will be stern rather than laying on the love with a trowel as he did in Jerusalem when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The match will mark the official opening of Agen's new ground and will be a stern test for the Aviva Premiership Rugby side with a month to go until the start of the new season.

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