He desisted for a few minutes before he tried again, and again was crossly rejected.

NEWYORKER: Bravado

The LSE says crossly that the table does not capture excellence in social sciences.

ECONOMIST: University rankings

The EU's anti-fraud agency, OLAF, has complained loudly and crossly about the near-total lack of co-operation from its Bulgarian counterparts.

ECONOMIST: Bulgarian corruption

The Socialist-led government responded crossly, accusing the commission of double standards and of using its monitoring mechanism as a political tool.

ECONOMIST: The European Union and Bulgaria

Its president, Islam Karimov, said crossly this week that Russia was exaggerating the threat, and was trying to intimidate his country into accepting Russian bases.

ECONOMIST: Russia and its neighbours

Iraqi politicians also responded crossly (see article).

ECONOMIST: The right bellows its disapproval of the ISG report