I was luckier than many. Rattling is all it did.

Such saber rattling comments vis à vis Israel are currently popular in the country.

The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

Like millions of other people in New York City, I heard Hurricane Sandy rattling my windows and battering my doors.

His was a truly revolutionary shift from the politics of saber rattling to the hard work of establishing regional peace.

The Ugandan delegation would like once more to emphasize that what the region needs now is sobriety and not sabre rattling.

Their main method looks set to be trolling and rattling Beijing identifying what makes the regime most paranoid, and piling it on.

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

BERLIN The world s task in addressing North Korea s saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and effectively defeated country.

Prior to engaging the FARC in secret talks in Cuba, Santos s regional diplomacy shifted the region s politics from saber rattling to the hard work of cooperation.

MILAN China s growth has slowed considerably since 2010, and it may slow even more a prospect that is rattling investors and markets well beyond China s borders.

JERUSALEM The resumption of peace talks between Israel and Syria after eight years of saber rattling is not a diversion from the political troubles of Israel s lame duck prime minister.

NEW YORK Nothing concentrates the mind like a full blown crisis. Like millions of other people in New York City, I heard Hurricane Sandy rattling my windows and battering my doors.

If you can get something to about 150 million degrees, things will be rattling around so fast that every time they collide in just the right configuration, this will happen, and it will release energy.

But China has begun to make serious mistakes. After Japan acceded to Chinese pressure and released a captured Chinese trawler in September 2010, China went overboard and demanded an apology from Japan, rattling the Japanese establishment.

But China has begun to make serious mistakes. After Japan acceded to Chinese pressure and released a captured Chinese trawler in September 2010, China went overboard and demanded an apology from Japan, rattling the Japanese establishment.

Even short of an actual military conflict which could double oil prices overnight the resumption of saber rattling by Israel and the war of words between the two sides could lead to a sharp rise in energy costs.

BERLIN The world s task in addressing North Korea s saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and effectively defeated country. On the contrary, it is in such circumstances that calm foresight is most necessary.

European countries should note that, given the Kremlin s saber rattling in the Baltic and the Balkans, there is little reason to believe that the Russian threat is limited to Ukraine. Delivering arms to Ukraine before Russia attacks, openly or covertly, should be a priority.

But Erdoğan s threat to consider using the Turkish navy as a military escort for further flotillas to Gaza already borders on saber rattling, as does his declared willingness to use force to prevent the Republic of Cyprus from exploring for gas in its continental shelf.

It is what has driven Obama to go to the mat with China on recent disputes within the World Trade Organization and on restrictions on Chinese investment in Oregon wind farms, and what has led to saber rattling by Romney on currency manipulation and trade sanctions.