So he recently toned down his rhetoric by warning that euro zone inflationary pressures should not be over dramatized.

Even the usually boisterous Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has toned down his rhetoric, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave an optimistic interview to Israel TV.

It was far easier for him to criticize Zimbabwe, Cuba, and Burma than Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and his initial criticism of Egypt was soon toned down.

Attacked for being shallow, indiscreet, and flashy by the Hillary camp, he has toned down his revivalist rhetoric, and adopted a more sober, more cautious, more professional air.

Moreover, Bush s exaggerated rhetoric was often at odds with his practice, giving rise to charges of hypocrisy. He somehow found it easier to criticize Zimbabwe, Cuba, and Burma than Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and he quickly toned down his initial reproach of Egypt.

Relations with India have improved, the Kashmir insurgency supported by Pakistan has been scaled back, a women s protection bill was passed in the teeth of Islamic opposition, and a virulent public school curriculum that emphasized jihad and martyrdom has been toned down.

His colleague on the ECB Governing Council, Bundesbank president Axel Weber, seems to have gotten the message that the more ECB officials talk up inflationary fears, the more the trade unions will ask. So he recently toned down his rhetoric by warning that euro zone inflationary pressures should not be over dramatized.