11.   Fleischer said Bush is unconcerned with the continuing harsh rhetoric.

12.   Falwell, the political and theological conservative who founded the Moral Majority, has long deployed harsh anti-gay rhetoric in his fund-raising appeals.

13.   For now, the Clinton administration is using a combination of economic sanctions, harsh rhetoric, and leaks of intelligence reports against Hussein.

14.   Gingrich was short on evidence of corruption, according to the book, but long on persistence and harsh rhetoric.

15.   However the battle between Clinton and Starr is decided, its levels of harsh rhetoric and polarizing effects have further coarsened the tone of political life.

16.   In Texas, then-Gov. George W. Bush took an opposite tack, rejecting harsh rhetoric toward immigrants and courting Hispanic voters, if largely through symbolic gestures.

17.   It was a political strategy widely predicted by political analysts but seemed hard to reconcile with the harsh rhetoric the two men hurled at each other in the campaign.

18.   Nunn spoke about the limitations of merely returning Aristide, whose judgment and formerly harsh anti-American rhetoric has drawn criticism, especially from Republicans.

19.   Other Republicans were likewise avoiding harsh rhetoric.

20.   Rush Limbaugh and other conservative radio commentators also responded by highlighting examples of harsh rhetoric by liberals.