1.   He mixed fiery rhetoric with a nonviolent message, walking that fine line that lets clerics keep in tolerable graces with the government while maintaining credibility with the public.

2.   Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has mixed anti-U.S. rhetoric with strong denunciations of Israel, gaining support from Arabs frustrated by the stalled peace process.

3.   Mixing high-octane rhetoric with low-key testimonials, Democrats on Monday used average people on the stage of their national convention to put the personal into their policies.

4.   The delivery was vintage Kohl, mixing fierce rhetoric with sentimental, moist-eyed sweeps through his historic achievements.