Word: gentler
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Growing up, many students now at Harvard heard the mellifluous sounds of Edwards’ voice as they drove to school each day, a calming contrast to parental nagging that both informed and entertained. Edwards presented this generation with the sharp reality of the world in a kinder, gentler manner than the daily newspaper and without the flash and dumbing-down of the night-time news. Whether parents weaned them on NPR at a young age or they discovered it as questioning youngsters in search of good reporting and interesting stories, generation Y’s news-followers came...
However, in a departure from his reputation as a hawkish Cold War hardliner, Brzezinski advocated a vision of a softer, gentler United States that “infuses globalization with humane content.” In Brzezinski’s vision, the United States should abandon its trend toward single-handed action, exemplified by the Iraq conflict...
...went. "We were trying to solve a problem," says Russell. "We didn't really care what the reaction would be. They hate our guts. There wasn't any support to erode." Those methods, he says, "worked. We'll go home victors." But whether Russell's rough stuff or gentler handling can tame the country in the long run has yet to be proved...
...wave of tactical tricks becoming more popular among urban cops. These "touch-free" techniques use sounds, smells and subterfuge to thwart crime and pose less risk of violence. For police departments faced with budget cuts, limited manpower and accusations of police brutality, they can be a kinder, gentler--and cheaper--way of keeping the streets safe...
...show was created by Robert ?Shad? Northshield, a CBS producer who brought Kuralt into the studio on West 57th Street. The reporter had been ?on the road? for a dozen years, filing stories on ?those gentler subjects? (rural eccentrics, unicyclists, small-town sages, long-time friends, a high-school team with a record number of consecutive losses). What Joseph Mitchell achieved in his New Yorker profiles of Bowery ticket-takers, Staten Island oystermen and Mohawk skyscraper steelworkers, Kuralt approached, more fondly, in his reportorial visits...