"He hasn't appeared that strident in going after health care companies, per se, " Funtleyder says.

NPR: How Some Industries May Fare Under Obama

The media circus that has surrounded and amplified every one of Ms. Sheehan's increasingly strident rhetorical outbursts (she says she won't pay taxes until she gets her son back and wants the President impeached on war crimes) may, by so doing, have filled a void in their August doldrums programming.

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But T-mobile has now taken on a more strident tone in its attitude to new masts.

BBC: T-mobile warning over masts

Chants of "we hate West Ham, nobody likes us we don't care", initially light hearted became more and more strident and soon degenerated into racial chants accompanied by thumping on the ceiling of the carriage, denting it in several places, jumping up and down in unison swaying the whole carriage.

BBC: Unrest at Upton Park