In her response, Ms. Sager papered over her disbelief at the question and the premise underlying it with the usual deference of lawyers to judges.

Even the presence of Pym, waiting on him with the usual deference, was a reassurance to him after the scenes of yesterday.

Liane flamed, for once losing her usual deference in the Keeper's presence.

Abandoning the usual deference that grand juries show district attorneys, the Houston grand jurors have rejected the guidance of the prosecutor's office in Harris County, which includes Houston, people close to the investigation say.

As we hope to -' Cadillac, impressed by the catalogue of the Jefferson's gifts forgot his usual deference and cut in impatiently.

Breetai knew that Exedore would drop his usual deference only for a matter of vital importance.

Maui officials, sounding slightly stunned at what they see as a betrayal of the Bush administration's usual deference to local governments, say they are in no mood to capitulate, and support for them here is not scarce.

Clifton answered my greeting with his usual dignified deference and called me Chief; Corpsman nodded.

Earlier this month, on a visit to the Middle East, he specified a price range for oil, a departure from the administration's usual deference to market forces.

Because the interpretation the commission applies now "conflicts with what it said in 1976," the appeals court held, "it does not merit the usual deference we would reserve for an agency's interpretation of its own rules."