Yet, despite the rhetoric, there has been a turnaround in American factory employment lately.
But the issues are too important to let the rhetoric shape tax and budget reform.
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On the substance, the rhetoric was more cautious -- even subdued for the most part.
Mr Brown said: "Lets see the reality match up with the rhetoric for once".
He said TV pundits squander far too much attention on the rhetoric of the candidates.
They should be even more ashamed when they start using the rhetoric of the moral crusade.
And while the rhetoric of cutting government spending is popular, the reality is predictably less so.
The rhetoric reflects the very different messages each party took from the November elections.
While the rhetoric coming out of the meetings in Seoul sounds positive, nothing concrete was agreed.
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The substance of the pricing debate gets carried away in the rhetoric of politics.
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American Enterprise Institute scholar Ben Wattenberg once commented on the rhetoric surrounding the illegal immigration issue.
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So far, traders and investors have been unimpressed with the rhetoric coming from EU officials.
For all the rhetoric, however, Wilson saw the U.S. as the moral spearhead of international progress.
Over the past few months, the Bush administration has ratcheted up the rhetoric over Iran.
Make no mistake, if the rhetoric is to be believed they plan something big.
Beneath the rhetoric, the Clinton administration's approach has reflected more grubby deal-making than grand theorising.
Mr Kaplan provides a valuable corrective to much of the rhetoric that surrounds this subject.
The rhetoric continues: there was lots of talk this week about helping small business.
For many voters, the rhetoric of the GOP does not reflect the recent history of the party.
More particularly the rhetoric and tone of the discussions are considerably less poisonous than they were previously.
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But the rhetoric with which she expresses her despair and revulsion around motherhood is perhaps less familiar.
However, analyst say that despite the rhetoric from both sides, they are unlikely to make drastic changes.
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After all, when it comes to the rhetoric, the chancellor and his Labour shadow seem poles apart.
How much of the rhetoric that we hear from both sides have to do with these domestic pressures?
But the rhetoric is in stark contrast to what Obama has actually done over the past four years.
While the rhetoric may be heated by approaching congressional elections, the sentiment isn't likely to disappear after November.
To judge by the rhetoric of the anti-tobacco campaign, America has taken leave of its senses over smoking.
That is not about to happen and if you look behind the rhetoric the very opposite seems more likely.
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The rhetoric about evil oil company executives is almost an exact replica of what we heard in the 1970s.
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