Word: tone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bells, it was also learned, are neither a carillon nor a peal. They are merely a set of 18 Russian bells, upon which only Russian music can be played, and by a Russian bell-ringer. This last requirement is due to the fact that the tone of the bells is extremely low, lower than those of any European country, a characteristic of Russian bells. The set was secured in Leningrad, where the Soviet government had collected bells from churches all over Russia to be melted down...
Ultraconservative, even reactionary in editorial tone, the Journal of Commerce is to the Midwest what the Wall Street Journal is to Manhattan. Its columns are leavened by condensed general news des patches, sports and dramatic reviews, but it does not attempt to compete with comprehensive dailies. Advertisers like it as an economical medium for reaching a definite class of high purchasing power (circ...
...feelings about "highbrow" music, we are willing to admit that the programs of the Glee Clubs which we occasionally hear may be of the hybrid nature, calculated to tickle the palate of the lover of purely "college music" as well as that of the listener more interested in tone and technique. If, however, it were to be the sentiment that such hybrid programs should be removed, we would be far more in favor of breeding a pure strain of "highbrow music" than of fostering the tunes which we ourselves may shout in off-color tenors with the morning shave. TheDartmouth
...rule advisable, before one talks, to know what one is talking about. It is quite evident from the tone of the letter that the writer failed to inform himself concerning the present situation. The glaring tales unfolded in the various dailies would lead us to believe that there was a first class riot, that the property of the Elevated Company was devastated beyond repair, and that there was difficulty in arresting the supposedly guilty parties. Any eye witness will testify to the contrary--indeed, completely to the contrary. That the obnoxious rioting consisted in the untwisting of a few bulbs...
...Moscow News, only English language paper in the Soviet capital, appear frequent letters from U. S. technicians in Russia, most of a satisfied, some of an exultant tone. Different were tidings which Mechanical Engineer Philip Harty of Newark, N. J. brought last week when he returned with his spouse from a rolling mill job in the Ukraine...