Clinton, who has said the stakes are too high for Democrats to sulk.

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The long days didn't give him time to sulk about his decision to quit coaching, but he went back to Dartmouth for the first game of its 1984 season.

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In short, I started to sulk.

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However, his questionable attitude during his early career led to him being nicknamed "Le Sulk" at Arsenal and being banned for 45 days at Real after refusing to train.

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Not playing can get you down, there are going to be good and bad moments, but you mustn't sulk - you've got to make sure you're ready if needed.

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The Great Sulk was thus doomed to last the rest of his life.

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Still, if Russia really wanted to increase influence, not just sulk about it, the means are already at its disposal.

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He can also be prickly: when Mrs Albright insisted on switching places at dinner, he was said to have gone home in a sulk.

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The grumblers have no alternative to put forward to Mr Putin's approach: that if Russia wants economic prosperity and respect, the only choice for the moment is to join the outside world, not sulk in a corner.

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Pakistan has also tried to demonstrate how important it is to America in more practical ways than just its diplomatic sulk.

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And punters looking for an appropriate winner were celebrating after the victory of Time To Reflect (exactly what McCririck had during his on-screen sulk early in the week over soft drink rations).

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