Word: tone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terribly surprised by the tone and content of your letter . . . Even though we love the U.S.S.R. we cannot love our own country less...
Affectionate Tone. But General Eichelberger's real triumph lay in his dealings with the Japanese people as boss of the occupation forces. At first the Japanese had feared him as a tough soldier who would probably be a hard-heeled conqueror. He showed that he could be firm; he also showed them that he was going to be fair...
...Japanese. Unlike MacArthur, he got around, made friends with hundreds of big and little Japanese. To the Japanese, aloof, impersonal Douglas MacArthur had supplanted their Emperor as the personification of supreme authority. Eichelberger became a symbol of U.S. democracy and fairness. Many Japanese said "Aikerubaga" in the same affectionate tone used by many of his soldiers in calling him "Uncle...
...voice took on a deeper tone...
Charles Boyer, back in French country life, was passing his time playing petanque (bowling) and drinking pale pastis (an absinthe imitation). One day, weary-eyed Marcel Pagnol came over for cocktails and referred to Boyer as "I'Américain." Charles didn't like Marcel's tone of voice. He socked him and they had it out right there, with screams from the girls. But it all ended in a reconciliation scene: the rivals embraced and sat down together to a wonderful bouillabaisse...