The United States has loudly protested the prosecution and conviction of Yulia Tymoshenko, but trumpeters of American liberty should be careful not to be too shrill.

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Its remorselessly shrill tone, alternating between the shocking and the motivational (not a word Mr Peters likes but accurate, nonetheless), could easily cause a normal brain to explode after half an hour's continuous exposure.

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Instead Obama got 1.3% economic growth rates, the economy teetering on the edge of a double dip, an unemployment rate over 9%, and shrill claims from the hard left that mere near trillion dollar deficits simply are not enough.

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They're not part of the current health care discussions, and attempts to incorporate them have been met with shrill condemnation.

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His game may not be what it was at its peak, but Federer still carries unusual dignity, removed from the consuming shrill.

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Mr Sarkozy has turned from a stout defender of the euro into a shrill critic of the EU. A Europe that opens its markets without counterparties, and which does not defend its enterprises and farmers, is finished, he says.

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