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

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