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I pointed out how Cummings was making fun of super-patriotism and saber-rattling, and we discussed the split between Cummings's and the speaker's point of view.
At the very least, the paper suggests, the company is viewing the move as opening round saber-rattling going into the settlement talks.
Isolationist sentiments don't prevent DeLay and Co. from saber-rattling; and given the belligerent stands they often take toward countries like China or Cuba, "petulant unilateralists" might be a better term for them.
The USA Today final edition leads with a saber-rattling leak from the DOJ/Microsoft wrangle: that government prosecutors will shortly offer up during negotiations with Microsoft a proposal for a breakup yielding two companies, one for the Windows operating system, another for software programs.