Dutch uncle is a term for a person who issues frank, harsh, and severe comments and criticism to educate, encourage, or admonish someone.

The office then has four to six months to issue initial comments on the red herring; after that, the sponsor will submit a revised plan.

Automotive analysts issued few comments on Chrysler's performance because of a pending offering of 40 million new common shares.

Instead, she issued partisan comments that many in her audience found upsetting and unrelated to her music.

Semiconductor stocks gained ground after Intel and Novellus both issued positive comments.

Several analysts issued negative comments about the company after a presentation it made in Houston.

Terry issued scathing comments with supporting sources at a state convention in Sacramento.

I do not issue comments, I believe in taking action.

So far, 288 companies have issued comments about fourth-quarter earnings and 51 percent were negative, Mr. Hill said.

He just did not listen, issuing new inflammatory comments on a daily basis.