11. Truth is, " The Birdcage " could use a lot more stridency . 12. Even though he eschews its stridency , Williams shares the Sierra Club's concerns. 13. There is a stridency to the admonishments. 14. And he has been criticized repeatedly in some circles for his anti-abortion stridency . 15. But Giertz was undoubtedly best known for his controversial stridency against the ordination of women. 16. It is impossible that politics will continue in this tone of stridency . " 17. The attack came at a time of increased stridency in Russian protests against the NATO attacks. 18. More sensitivity and less stridency on Al-Jazeera's part would certainly be welcome. 19. I do, indeed, have concerns about the stridency of his anti-Israel stance. 20. But concern for the family, he cautioned, should be asserted with compassion, not stridency .