And they keep their characters at a high pitch.

ECONOMIST: Anti-tobacco campaign

Despite the Treasury's long record of being opposed to hypothecation, ministers may come to regard this as the best course if the current debate over transport taxation continues at a high pitch.

ECONOMIST: Fuel duties

The problem for Malaysia is that the rival parties have been at such a high pitch of combat-readiness for such a long time that the resulting partisanship is poisoning national politics.

ECONOMIST: Malaysian politics

It was a night of high drama on and off the pitch at the Racecourse Ground.

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