Word: tone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Bricker said he thought the G.O.P. candidate would win in November. "Why?" boomed one reporter. The Governor shook off the tone, replied: because of the forward-looking program of Republicans in Congress. A newswoman snapped: "I don't mean to be facetious, but I haven't been able to discern any such program." Governor Bricker smiled: "I'm hardly responsible for your inability to discern it, and I don't mean to be facetious, either...
...terms Decision hits hard. And though melodramatic in plot, it is sober in tone. For all its earnestness, Decision makes lively theater. For all its unevenness, it is the season's most thought-provoking play...
...sorest problem of the tractor program is absenteeism in tractor and tractor-part factories. The workers, who think of their product as something that crawls around cornfields, do not realize how vitally it is needed at the front. Now top Army expediters are out, telling the men, in a tone of real desperation, that "there is no other industry whose men are so directly contributing to the actual war effort...
...Orchard is a mosaic of art rather than a straight transcript of life; its emotional overtones are out of all proportion to its literal story. Last week's production had its merits: a fluent translation, good pace, no mistaken striving after Russian "soulfulness." But the indispensable merit of tone it did not have. It failed to make little scenes radiant or heartbreaking; it played for laughs; it turned minor roles into blatant character parts. Chekhov-lovers had seen a more poignant Cherry Orchard years ago, when Eva LeGallienne staged it and warm, volatile, Slavic Alia Nazimova played the central...
...explanation of this change in WLB's tone, most observers did not look farther than to John L. Lewis' signal success in bypassing its jurisdiction. But the Court agreed with Gypsum, called WLB's about-face "fantastic" and "ridiculous," ruled that the case should go to trial. WLB does not have to go on fighting: it can do nothing for 20 days; the case will die, with Gypsum the winner...