Wouldn't it be better to frame the argument in plain, stark terms?

Mr. Clinton put their relationship in more stark terms still.

One area solely within the Authority's power is its two nuclear plants, which the report assessed in stark terms.

In simple, often stark terms, he'd written of the slaughter, the terror and the waste.

Washington sees it in starker terms of right and wrong.

Others may not see the issue in the stark, either/or terms in which it has been presented.

The government's petition yesterday cast the issue in stark terms.

Some civil rights figures put the issue in starker terms.

Companies don't like it when their option programs are described in these stark terms.

"In starkest terms, it is a question of life versus death."