Words similar to stern

Example sentences for: stern

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As for insight into any character other than Simon's, here are a few of Self's pearls, which he delivers with the I-don't-really-mean-it, yes-I-do exhibitionism of a Howard Stern.
What he doesn't say is that, in response to mounting fines from the FCC for indecency on Stern's radio show, Infinity paid a settlement of $1.
But the LAT quotes a professor's explanation for this stern crackdown: "The Chinese government has always been worried about any movement that might tie people in one province with people in another."
Writer Tom Stern was fired from the show after he "disrobed and broke a bottle of wine and a bottle of beer" on the set.
Michael Stern, in turn, asked Chatterbox and a friend of hers from the Urban Institute to help out.