Sentences with phrase «instructed in no uncertain terms»

Imagine, then, their great surprise when defenders of the status quo, who included some of the leading political scientists in the nation, instructed them in no uncertain terms that devices like competitive elections, labeled «procedural democracy,» counted as next to nothing in comparison to «substantive democracy.»

Kaloyeros told a reporter: «We were instructed in no uncertain terms not to comment on the inquiry from down South with the threat of jail which is being interpreted as we are the target of an investigation.»