41.   But his words of peace have given way to harsh rhetoric.

42.   But despite the harsh rhetoric, Iranian police seemed keen to stop the protest from getting out of hand.

43.   But President Vladimir Putin and other top officials have toned down their harsh rhetoric of accepting nothing less than total victory.

44.   But the final version had less bite than the original, indicating that in spite of their continuing harsh rhetoric, the lawmakers might be moving toward a compromise.

45.   But, until now, it had never used such harsh rhetoric or made such a concerted effort to publicize the reasons for its concern.

46.   But Turkey has rarely used such harsh rhetoric against Damascus.

47.   Chavez has alienated business, labor, the news media and the Roman Catholic Church with statist economic policies and harsh rhetoric.

48.   Clinton, mindful of the nuclear-weapons reductions and other benefits of cooperation with Russia, has avoided harsh rhetoric.

49.   Despite harsh rhetoric, Turkey on Friday left itself open to an invitation by the European Union to sit in on member talks.

50.   Despite the harsh rhetoric, market reaction in Tokyo was muted, and analysts said the latest developments had already been taken into account by traders.