Most organizations have a set of guidelines for tone and manner and color and typeface.

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The more Mr Sarkozy adopts a populist tone and agitated manner, the more Mr de Villepin is likely to cultivate a quietly authoritative style.

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Although Perry will have to address such charges, the manner and tone in which Bachmann attacked were inconsistent with the main goal: defeating President Obama as a means to restore economic growth.

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