1.   If the gun lobby is truly intent on winning new friends, it needs to abandon disingenuous rhetoric and begin attacking initiatives on substantive grounds.

2.   That rhetoric was soon abandoned.

3.   After coming to power in June, he abandoned his rhetoric, to the dismay of his supporters.

4.   But he abandoned his rhetoric after coming to power.

5.   China saw the visit as proof Lee was abandoning the rhetoric of reunification, and accused Washington of abetting Taiwan independence.

6.   Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is time for the world to abandon Cold War rhetoric and focus on international terrorism.

7.   But Ortega has since apologized for some excesses and abandoned revolutionary rhetoric in favor of talking about jobs.