21.   TorreBut last week the low-key manager of the New York Yankees delivered a stern lecture to his players.

22.   USA Today recounts a stern lecture campers got for smearing toothpaste on the handles of cabin doors.

23.   Pope John Paul II delivered a stern moral lecture Friday to the faithful in France, where his conservative stance on sexual matters has divided Roman Catholics.

24.   A policy of hoping people will be nicer to one another on pain of stern lectures and occasional desultory bombing is no policy at all.

25.   As U.S.-China relations slowly improve, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen on Friday gave the United States a stern lecture about avoiding further tensions over Taiwan.

26.   Bush coupled his statements with a stern lecture to members of Congress.

27.   Cosby probably would have sat Theo down for a stern lecture if he caught him taking drugs.

28.   He reportedly started each session with a stern lecture and later posed for photos with individual delegations and signed autographs.

29.   In the speech, Qian gave the United States a stern lecture about avoiding further tensions over Taiwan.

30.   Surrounded by the media types he loves to bash, Gov. Jesse Ventura mixed playful banter with a stern lecture to leaders of the broadcast news industry.