Significantly, it takes the threat to end cooperation beyond rhetorical statements to mandate action on the issue.
Lastly, in assessing the potential of human security, Edwards argues that at the minimum, it can become a rhetorical impetus for joint action, and at best, it can present new ways to think about problems related to migrant protection (2010: 4).
Gun control advocates have welcomed the rhetorical support for taking action.
Is it rhetorical support for every action Israel takes or is it helping Israel achieve peace?
This not only gives Fidel Castro a "rhetorical pretext" for his actions but also gives dissidents a veneer of illegitimacy.
Already, the camera work is confident, crisp and elegant, kept close to the action with scant rhetorical flourish.
But the American response should not also be the usual — strong on rhetorical condemnation, weak on punitive action and generous in damage-control concessions.
All this after Senator John Cornyn performed rhetorical pirouettes at a recent Action Network-organized Hispanic Leadership Network meeting, trying to explain to a conservative Latino audience that he was for the DREAM Act, even though he voted against allowing it to be debated in the Senate.
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"Reform needs action; it's not a rhetorical device," said Ryan Toohey, the governor's top political strategist and the architect of the Democrats' efforts to win the Senate.
