1.   A look at how overblown rhetoric seems to be both stepping into a mine field and cheapening the emotions it tries to evoke.

2.   A hippie aura surrounds much free jazz, and its liberationist rhetoric can seem antiquated, but some players can still invigorate old sources of power and pride.

3.   His rhetoric seems likely to attract those so alienated as to pose the prospect of violence.

4.   It was so hot, political rhetoric seemed cool.

5.   Such military rhetoric may seem odd coming from a bureaucrat known for his natty bow ties and fondness for bird-watching.

6.   The escalating rhetoric seemed to dim hopes that a compromise might be reached.

7.   But leaders of the two groups said they had more in common than their pre-election rhetoric seemed to suggest.

8.   Such rhetoric might seem like an about-face for Barak, the Israeli leader who has most fervently sought peace with Syria.

9.   Such rhetoric seems designed to reassure investors that the Chinese market is healthy enough to weather any storm.