But since Sept. 11, Washington and its allies have talked consistently of a "war" on terrorism, and the operations in Afghanistan certainly have all the hallmarks of warfare.
Roosevelt High School teacher Lisa Alva, a former Deasy supporter, said, however, that the superintendent has talked consistently about data, applying it to the fates of teachers and principals.
He is an advocate of minimalism and talks consistently of the act of writing as "keying in" a story.
In talking, Haysom consistently looked past the murders with a kind of long view, as if they had been a mysterious event, like a horrific bout of food poisoning.
When turmoil visited Woods it was written and talked about consistently.
He now talked differently, consistently steering conversation to the metaphysical the types of discussions the rest of us had exhausted.
"Ford has identified all of the things we consistently talk about.
News anchors consistently talk over the top of anyone that doesn't provide a punchy point every 10 seconds.
Journalists have been told not to link the words "crisis" and "Russia", so the state media consistently talk only about a world crisis and Russia's "anti-crisis" measures.Yet if the economy deteriorates, that will no longer be enough.
The way we talk about Beyoncé consistently verges on idol worship.
