| 1 | The words were not just rhetoric. | |
| 2 | On economic matters, similar ambitions had been expressed before. | |
| 3 | Despite the rhetoric surrounding the elections, these are unlikely to signal a move towards greater democracy in Myanmar. | |
| 4 | An opinion piece by Barack Obama, for example, is entitled "Should You Ever Feel Despair, Simply Remember How Eloquent I Am". | |
| 5 | It grew dark, neon lights with commercial ads in Great Shanghai went shining, slogans in the ads were passing by before my eyes. |