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He was asked if the tough talk over the weekend by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might be enough to put diplomacy on hold.

Gibbs said the tough talk from Obama and other administration officials was aimed in part at pressuring bonus recipients to turn them down.

Such tough talk would not be in the least surprising coming from the opposition party.

India is ruled by an impotent eunch that barks when his mistress sais so. Do not expect tough talk from the spineless eunch.

"We think it will be like the Clinton administration, with some tough talk but a generally pragmatic approach, " said one official.

The reason for this sort of digital tough-talk is related to basic military strategy.

His tough talk comes across as arrogance, and it cannot hide his own lack of authority within the party's ranks.

All along, the tough talk seemed bound to resolve into compromise.

Tough talk and tough action are the stuff of management style in a great many American firms .

Barking without biting only emboldens the Pyongyang. The US needs to back up the tough talk with action.

The defence minister is a well-known hawk who has been admonished by the president for previous tough talk.

The firing was accompanied by more tough talk from Pyongyang, which warned Friday the two nations are edging closer to "the brink of war. "

The US state department's tough talk about physical reprisals is not the way to defend American infrastructure from attacks, he says.

If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need.

China's neighbors, particularly Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, have responded with tough talk and posturing of their own.

Senior US officials call cyber attacks 'acts of war', but critics think the tough talk is a smokescreen for censorship.

If the tough talk is not backed up by tough action, what does that do to American credibility?

tough talk, jimmy. but i don't think you have what it takes to be a killer.

It was tough talk, with very little to back it up.

Mr. Aso's tough talk against North Korea after its rocket launch this month also scored with voters.

Indeed the trends at present, typified by Obama's tough talk in Canberra, all point the other way.

Will the administration's new tough talk move things in the right direction?

The year ahead could well see tough talk turn to regulatory action.

Despite his recent tough talk, Mr Zuma knows there is no easy answer.

The tough talk, like that from S& P on Wednesday, has its defenders.

This suggests that Mr. Obama's tough talk is just for show.

Cooper continued his recent pattern of very tough talk about the government of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Although he is popular with the European public, Mr. Obama likely will face some tough talk from their leaders.

For all the tough talk, foreign central banks are not yet turning away from the dollar.

All our tough talk about dealing with the union came to naught.

These facts help explain why Beijing often backs up monetary policy changes with rhetoric, such as tough talk from Mr. Wen.

What happened to all the tough talk from Congress and the White House early last year?

to learn when the mother is the most severe teacher, a little tough talk.