1.   Analysts expect that shrill rhetoric in the campaign toward the West could dampen prospects for U.S. business ventures there and undermine cooperative efforts in peacekeeping.

2.   Another part involves stepping back from the shrill anti-Communism rhetoric that once defined the foundation and presenting a more balanced, more appealing face instead.

3.   The current political climate also adds to the sometimes shrill rhetoric of advocacy groups.

4.   But after a week of shrill anti-U.S. rhetoric from the government, many Chinese expressed disappointment that Beijing failed to exact a more severe penalty from Washington.

5.   However, the shrill rhetoric appeared to mask a sense of desperation as the Taliban searched for a way out of the crisis.