The Senate leader has used the meetings to publicly chide Mr. Silver for failing to meet his obligations under the State Constitution, calling him a no-show.

Carolla frequently and publicly chides media personalities whom he considers "blowhards".

But Mr. Bush was absolutely correct in publicly chiding Mr. Sharon by saying the "road map clearly says no expansion of settlements."

He did not publicly chide any of the three players involved, but behind closed doors, no doubt, he had his say.

This has led some Malaysians to conclude that the Prime Minister, although publicly chiding ethnic Chinese politicians, fears that racial violence could be incited from his own camp.

He publicly chided the Clinton staff "for personal ambition and excessive zeal" during the uproar over the White House travel office.

Before the confirmation hearings began, he publicly chided members of his own party as well as Republicans for rushing to judgment on the nomination.

He publicly chided Popov's extravagant and wasteful experiments.

Mayor Gantamirov publicly chides Moscow about its failure to create a transition from military to civilian authority here.

This is the man who publicly chided the Monsanto Corporation, the biotechnology company, over the sale of seeds that become sterile after a generation.