'He assures us that he maintained his dignity despite a lot of verbal encouragement to bare all.'

The counselors watched and sometimes offered verbal encouragement.

Often such reinforcement is given to encourage a spirit of cooperation by the child, but the impartial tone can quickly disappear as the interviewer nods, smiles, or offers verbal encouragement to "helpful" statements.

As the defense made their way off the field, Brett Favre was seen giving them vigorous verbal encouragement.

Twenty years ago, when the crackdown came, our film-makers got much verbal encouragement from the West but no real support at all.

And as the contradiction between Western verbal encouragement for Albanian self-determination and its opposition to independence becomes clear, the potential for violence against NATO troops will grow.

In the control group, 18% of patients required intervention varying from verbal encouragement to breathe, to the administration of oxygen.

The Clinton administration and other Western governments are right to offer verbal encouragement but otherwise stand aside.

"Retaining that tendon is a boon," she said, realizing that her verbal encouragement to A'dan had faltered.

He added: "We've gotten absolutely nothing besides verbal encouragement, which is nice, but when you read about the millions and millions that are flowing to others, you have to wonder what's going on here."