1.   Additionally, other analysts said, Bush should have a natural advantage in his stump speech, which is filled mostly with lofty rhetoric and generalities.

2.   But behind the smiles, handshakes and lofty rhetoric will remain a deep rift.

3.   But Gore was also paying close attention to the lofty rhetoric and the limited number of issues Bradley was using to inspire people.

4.   But the lofty rhetoric turned to silence when, at midafternoon, the US Supreme Court order came down.

5.   But there was no lofty rhetoric about the sanctity of the vote, no partisan vitriol.

6.   But when faced with the beef issue a few days later, they put aside the lofty rhetoric in favor of old-fashioned competitive nationalism.

7.   For all the lofty rhetoric, the fight over the census is about brute politics.

8.   Only at the end was there a touch of the lofty rhetoric and emotion that usually serves him best.

9.   Resorting to lofty rhetoric about constitutional principles, lawyers argued two basic questions in the University of Wisconsin student fees case heard Tuesday by the Supreme Court.

10.   That the GOP has proposed ideas at odds with its lofty rhetoric fuels suspicion that its real motives lie elsewhere -- perhaps lining the pockets of favored benefactors.