21.   But clashes and heated rhetoric continued.

22.   But heated rhetoric and national pride will make it difficult to pursue them.

23.   Courtroom developments proceeded on a track parallel to the manual recounts and heated rhetoric.

24.   Democrats employed the heated rhetoric Thursday to portray Bush as a political puppeteer pulling every available string to maintain his minuscule lead.

25.   Despite the heated rhetoric, Netanyahu gave an upbeat assessment of the negotiations with the Palestinians on a West Bank troop withdrawal.

26.   Often wielding sticks and uttering heated rhetoric, they smashed up bars and nightclubs because they said they were immoral.

27.   The comments reflected the heated rhetoric of the moment, but Aziz did not say if Iraq was taking any military actions to counter the Kuwaiti move.

28.   The legal frenzy and heated rhetoric on both sides then becomes more understandable.

29.   Ultimately, the two sides have worked out behind-the-scenes compromises and many observers expect the same outcome this year despite the heated rhetoric.