His 114-run stand with Voges (74), from 83 balls, paved the way for Australia's total, their biggest on British soil, after Watson's breezy 68 at the top of the order set the tone.

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As in: when men take a tough position they employ a tough tone in order to be credible.

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The president sets the tone of the parliament and can rule on points of order, our correspondent says.

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In the old Soviet Union, a regime that did rule by fear right to the end, there would have been no question of the Red Army politely asking a Moscow television station to tone down its 24-part show about Janko Baurovitch torturing the captured CIA agent in order to locate the nerve gas capsule buried under Red Square.

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