Word: tone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said Britain's Home Secretary and Lord Privy Seal, "that my destiny lies in the field of social reform-and I am happy in it." To those who know the cool and acid-tongued Richard Austen Butler well, the philosophic tone of the first part of that remark must have seemed odd; Rab Butler has shown not the slightest sign that he has given up hope of one day living at 10 Downing Street. But no one could have taken issue with the straightness of the second part. Probably not since Wilberforce has Britain had a more dedicated reformer...
...least a generation between "mothers" and students generally inhibits free conversation; and what is even more important, the non-teaching house mother is often barren as a source of academic stimulation. Hence, 'Cliffe dorms miss out on the real advantage of the Harvard Houses, the intellectual tone created by the direct participation of both tutors and masters in the daily life of the students. Recruiting graduate students or young teachers as head residents, and where possible as resident tutors, may prove a partial answer...
...much the same tone, Khrushchev blamed the Eisenhower Administration for trying to nullify what he called "the certain thaw in relations between our countries that took place in connection with the favorable reception accorded [Deputy Premier] Mikoyan." Picking up President Eisenhower's press-conference comment on Mikoyan's visit, that "you couldn't do this" with Premier Khrushchev, he exclaimed in mock dismay: "This is something very close to discrimination." He invited Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union-"and we don't make this invitation conditional on reciprocity; we don't impose our visits...
Packaged stereo sets all ready to plug in now come as low as $39.95 for a portable unit (the tone is apt to be as strident as a bluejay's cry), or as high as $2,500. Between the two extremes are dozens of sets in the $100 to $500 range, many of which make for better listening than more expensive monophonic units. Thinking of the already cluttered American living room, manufacturers also offer "self-contained stereo"-units with both speakers housed in a single cabinet. But two-speaker cabinets, unless they are six to eight feet long...
This is not the tone in which an author normally begs his publisher for a handout. But Daniel Skipton is no normal author. Pamela Hansford Johnson has modeled him on that unholy terror Frederick William Rolfe, alias "Baron Corvo," who was recently reintroduced to U.S. readers in his previously unpublished novel Nicholas Crabbe (TIME, Feb. 2). Rolfe bit every hand that fed him and died penniless in Venice in 1913. Novelist Johnson has changed his name and shifted time and place to modern Bruges in Belgium, but she has kept intact his characteristics. Skipton boasts a Corvo-like title: Bulgarian...