1.   And Adam Oates set the front office afire less than two weeks ago, a verbal tirade that guaranteed he would be bounced out of town.

2.   For that honest and quickly corrected error, the unflappable McCarthy was subjected to a profanity-laced verbal tirade from Hardaway.

3.   He says he snapped because of continual disrespect by P.J. Carlesimo, a coach infamous for verbal tirades against his players.

4.   The next day, Vaughn went into a pair of verbal tirades, filled with plenty of expletives.

5.   China has stepped up its verbal tirade on Saturday.

6.   Norman took the announcer to a nearby tent and dressed him down with a verbal tirade, then bogeyed three of the first four holes.

7.   The announcement comes the same week China launched a verbal tirade against rival Taiwan and threatened to attack the island.

8.   The announcement Thursday also came the same week China launched a verbal tirade against rival Taiwan and threatened to attack the island.

9.   That statement prompted a verbal tirade by Zhirinovsky, a member of the Duma, at a news conference in parliament.