On all his albums, Timberlake often moves to his falsetto voice, because it works, and also, possibly, because his open, untreated middle tone is pleasant but not exciting.

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While I agree with the overall tone Obama has taken in the Middle East, I believe he too would have been better served with military experience.

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Sheriff GONZALEZ: ...and my skin tone, but I was confused with a person from the Middle East.

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Mr Romney, who kept a measured tone during the debate, described a trip by President Obama to the Middle East as an "apology tour" that had projected American "weakness" to enemies, while bypassing close ally Israel.

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