In draft versions of his speech, Eisenhower had also included a strong defense of his mentor, George Marshall, which was a direct rebuke of McCarthy's frequent attacks.

He said later that his comments were "of a general nature" and not intended as a direct rebuke to the council for its list.

Mr. Zyuganov's blunt remarks were a direct rebuke to Viktor Anpilov, a firebrand from the Working Russia party and a prominent supporter of Mr. Zyuganov.

Punk--lean, direct, dirty--was a direct rebuke to the style that Sudden later adopted.

Such a move would be a direct rebuke to the Bush administration, which has fought tenaciously to ensure that American soldiers are exempt from local or international laws when serving on foreign soil.

Stavarkos was not accustomed to such direct rebukes.

Statement by former Metropolitan Police chief is direct rebuke to Boris Johnson after he forced Sir Ian Blair from office.

When you ask a senior officer in the Army an impertinent question, you get a direct rebuke, like, "That's enough, Drummond," or the less ambiguous, "Have you ever seen the prison at Leavenworth?

Indeed, in a direct rebuke to the Clinton administration, Bush pointedly said: "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.

The measure would not be binding but would amount to a direct rebuke of Mr. Lott.