What's interesting is what looks like a change in tone from London's Mayor Boris Johnson.
"We absolutely see a change in tone in our discussions, " says David Loevinger, a senior US Treasury official.
Still, lobbyists for several auto makers said they sense a change in tone from the administration and no longer expect limits on the technology.
What all of this shows of course is that it will take much more than a change in tone for the Obama administration to win over the Israeli public.
It was one of his most robust answers yet to the question and raised speculation that, despite his denials of a change in tone, he was eager to voice his enthusiasm for the euro.
So we have seen since the election a change in tone and, in some cases, a change in position from different Republicans, including elected Republicans, on the issue of, first revenue, and then acknowledging that rates have to go up.
Those words were welcomed as a "significant change in tone" by John Edmonds, general secretary of the GMB union.
Yet Mr Obama's main achievement is a change of tone in foreign policy.
And Maynard Jackson became the first black mayor, and I felt a whole change in the tone of the city.
That was a fairly significant change in tone, and Republicans feel that they are being set up politically here, to some degree.
"Revolutions" does find, however briefly, a desperately needed change of tone in the heartfelt heroics of Jada Pinkett Smith's Niobe, a courageous pilot who is joined on an ostensibly doomed mission by Laurence Fishburne's stalwart Morpheus.
Since the election, there has been a real change of tone in the Government.
Former minister Elin Jones was the establishment candidate, appealing to those Plaid members who felt that things were going on an ok track under Ieuan Wyn Jones, that perhaps the election that she had been Director of Communications hadn't been great, but that things were fixable without a major change in tack and tone for the party.
In a marked change of tone, Israeli officials have also praised Egypt for its stern attitude to Hamas and for its efforts to stop the smuggling, despite the bile poured on the Egyptians by Hamas's many admirers.
When making a change, Payne recommends saying the new name in a happy and excited tone, preferably when there are few distractions.
He pointed out that during his first presidential election, Bush ran as a reformer, promising to change the tone in Washington and reach out to Democrats.
Many Turks say they are still waiting to see to whether the Obama White House's change in tone will translate to a change in the U.S. government's deeply unpopular foreign policy in the Middle East.
Throughout the debate, Colbert Busch stuck studiously to that script, presenting herself an a independent-minded moderate who can help change the tone in Washington, contrasting with Republicans' increasing reputation for being too inflexible and uncompromising.
Eurich says speaking with colleagues about the career change in a non-defensive, matter-of-fact tone earns respect and minimizes pity.
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So my expectation is that Mr Grayling will perhaps change the tone of the ministry, but his options for a radical change in direction are extremely limited.
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