"I think that they have bought into the campaign, bought into the rhetoric, bought into the image.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Since then,North Korea has cooled its hostile rhetoric and offered to engage with the United States and South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Hugo Chavez - known for his anti-American rhetoric - was shown smiling as he met the new U.S.president.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

But Mr.Erdogan tempered his rhetoric by calling for cool heads and said all Turkey's actions will be done within the context of international law.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

(SAYING) Venezuelan economist Orlando Ochoa says nationalistic slogans and socialist rhetoric cannot disguise what he sees as a simple truth: that the Chavez model is unsustainable.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

That latest example of shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang comes as the U.S.Navy tracks a North Korean vessel which may be carrying missile parts or other weaponry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

"It is results not rhetoric that matter in the end.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Gibbs said that Hugo Chavez has used his rhetoric in the past to incite anti-American sentiment - most notably four years ago at the last Summit of the Americas in Argentina.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

On the same broadcast, Democratic Senator John Kerry said the president has been absolutely correct in his statements about Iran, asserting that tough rhetoric against the Iranian government would be counterproductive.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

With U.S.unemployment near double digits, Cardillo cautions the Obama administration to tone down its rhetoric against Wall Street - something political analysts say is unlikely with U.S.mid-term elections only months away.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Rosemary Hollis, who teaches Middle East politics at City University London, says Iranian rhetoric about Britain is rooted in a long-held perception that while the United States might be more powerful, Britain is more devious.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

He noted,however,that the U.S. considers Iran to be an important player related to Afghanistan, and sees the issue as a very productive area for engagement in the future Anticipating President Barack Obama's Strategic Review on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh said Iran expects measurable change, not rhetoric from the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"I expect him to address the German situation as he did the Irish and I'll bet you that you'll see some kind of language that will - using very papal rhetoric, acknowledge that the way the bishops were dealing with it in 1980 or thereabouts, when he was in that role, was we now know, not the best way."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01