Obama administration officials said they don't want to get involved in verbal sparring with North Korea but they did call its latest threats provocative and say Pyongyang stands only to further isolate itself from the world community if it follows through with them.

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Her sister testified that there was no gun, only verbal threats, until a prosecutor suggestively asked her about weapons.

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"It is disappointing that your commitment to your secrecy obligations under Rule 6(e) ... is only verbal, " Kendall wrote.

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He was, most of us believed, a smooth talker whose verbal prowess was the only thing that covered the fact that he was profoundly incompetent.

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