The system gave offenders a sobering reminder that the city takes quality-of-life rules seriously.

They are children of affluence - and as such a sobering reminder that cruelty knows no class.

But the exhibit is a sobering reminder of how easy it would be to travel down that path.

The former was a sobering reminder of just how few downhill miles you get per €11 pancake from the average 11-year-old.

They were, however, a sobering reminder that Asia's financial crisis is far from over.

That's why our League position is a sobering reminder to us.

Standing on ground where soldiers fell can be a sobering reminder to executives about the human dimension of decisions they make.

But it also offers a sobering reminder to the actors who remain that the end is near.

But now, all too soon, they have received a sobering reminder of how grim the city's fiscal problems are.

Hopeful signs and sobering reminders came in about equal number on Sunday, as has been the pattern of many recent days.