Word: tone
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...world, the peoples in Britain's colonies had every right to read Mr. Churchill's global declaration in context with his earlier statement, for home consumption, that Britain intends to keep and rule her own colonies in her own way, after the war (TIME, March 29). The tone of the Prime Minister's home statement left no doubt that he still does not propose to preside over the liquidating of the British Empire...
...case you're wondering what the items are, here's the report: A story called "A Low Conversational Tone"; a poem called "Challenge" and another called "Grace Before Blood" (Donation); mention in the Talk of the Town; a reference somewhere in the Profile; and one of those inimitable bottom-page squibs...
Coleman Hawkins was something of a disappointment. His tone was threadbare in the upper registers, his ideas frequently lapsed into blatant riffs. Worst of all, Hawkins' attitude toward the audience can only he called condescending. Still, there were moments when the old Hawk showed through, and those were worth the price of admission...
Coleman Hawkins was something of a disappointment. His tone was threadbare in the upper registers, his ideas frequently lapsed into blatant rifts. Worst of all, Hawkins' attitude toward the audience can only be called condescending. Still, there were moments when the old Hawkshowed through, and those were, worth the price of admission...
...last week to Elmer Davis, as it must to all wartime officials, came pots of trouble. His ears had scarcely finished burning from attacks on the expense and political tone of Victory, the de luxe glamor magazine designed to sell the U.S. to the world as a kind of Hollywood 3,000 miles square, when his sprawling OWI issued a cartoon booklet on the life of President Roosevelt, also designed for distribution abroad. A U.S. soldier sent a copy to New York's Republican Congressman John Taber. Mr. Taber, who has a low irritation point, was moved...