21.   Direct payments to Yugoslavia would appear too much a reward for Milosevic, whose nationalist rhetoric sparked the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

22.   His language this year was unusually blunt, however, part of a heightening of nationalist rhetoric that is filling the vacuum as Communist ideals wane.

23.   His nationalist rhetoric is widely viewed as helping start wars in both places.

24.   His politics are vague and his political experience limited, but he has charmed many with his gruff charisma and nationalist rhetoric.

25.   His nationalist rhetoric is widely viewed as being one of the key elements in starting wars in both places.

26.   In a rare public appearance, Milosevic revived the nationalist rhetoric that brought him to power a decade ago.

27.   In a rare public appearance, Milosevic revived the nationalist rhetoric that brought him to power almost a decade ago.

28.   Kasagic, does not espouse the nationalist rhetoric of political leader Radovan Karadzic.

29.   Many of the refugees feel betrayed by Milosevic, whose nationalist rhetoric stoked the Serb rebellions that started the wars in Croatia and Bosnia.

30.   Many refugees believe that Milosevic, who inspired Serb rebellions in Croatia and Bosnia with his nationalist rhetoric, betrayed them because he did not intervene when Croatia attacked.