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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Despite Obama’s lofty rhetoric about? the American spirit,? modern Americans are no longer the self-governed patriots who kept their politicians on a leash, and who placed their trust in God instead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Kept his lofty rhetoric low key in order to talk in concrete terms about what he wanted to do.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was widely agreed that Obama needed to eschew the lofty rhetoric which has carried him so far, and bring his vision back down to earth by talking about the concerns and needs of the struggling American.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Obama’s 45 – minute speech was an amalgam of lofty rhetoric (’’ [w] e meet at one of those defining moments – a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.”) and red meat (’’ we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight’ ’); of a call for change (’’ [t] onight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land – enough!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Give us some specifics that don’t include lofty rhetoric, soaring speeches, and 463’ ‘uh’s’ ’. What’s below the belt is the e-mail and computer jab.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Expecting to hear lofty rhetoric, and from Democrats, biting criticism of President Bush’ s handling of the war in Iraq and treatment of returning vets.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It’s not much of a grand narrative, but it might actually do some good on the ground away from the lofty and, as we’ve seen, not so lofty rhetoric of power politics.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In fact, Obama, though he once said he wanted to’ ‘renegotiate’’ the North American Free Trade Agreement, now says he simply wants to try to strengthen environmental and labor provisions in it. * McCain and the Republican delegates applied a different standard to the Republican nominee’s lofty rhetoric than they did to Obama’s.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Planet Plans Finally, we note that McCain and the Republican delegates applied a different standard to the Republican nominee’s lofty rhetoric than they did to Obama’s.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The lesson here is that for all of the lofty rhetoric about journalistic integrity, the newspaper business is just a business.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The same holds for social communication and our lofty rhetoric about the triumph of a world where information can flow freely.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It is time for evangelical Christians to stop being taken in by lofty rhetoric.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In fact, some Florida politicians argue that New Hampshire’s lofty rhetoric about preserving political traditions aims to gloss over its bottom – line incentive.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
People seem to like to say that Obama isn’t specific with his plans, that he just has lofty rhetoric. read more
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Without Respect, our countless humanitarian projects and lofty rhetoric are nothing but smoke: they hang in the air long enough to give a warm buzz and cloud the senses, then dissipate softly into the ether.
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In Wikipedia:
This thesis is the title essay of Sowell’s book “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”. 8) Ordinary citizens might benefit from analyzing issues and public policies in terms of costs, benefits and tradeoffs, where scarce resources have alternative uses, rather than rely on lofty rhetoric from political leaders, activists and special interests.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Pundits noted that the speech contained more specific policy pledges than lofty rhetoric, with Obama promising energy independence within 10 years and a tax cut for the middle class.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Sometimes the lofty rhetoric preventing any semblance of normalization with Israel pushes people into impossible situations.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was widely agreed that Obama needed to eschew the lofty rhetoric which has carried him so far, and bring his vision back down to earth by talking about the concerns and needs of the struggling American.
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