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Word: tone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Trudeau in 1952, at the behest of their mutual friend, Gerard Pelletier, in an encounter that set the tone for most of their future dealings. "You speak well," said Trudeau brusquely, "but can you write?" Trudeau then reminded the startled journalist that Lévesque was two years overdue on a promised contribution to Cite Libre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Secession v. Survival | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Yesterday Curtin outlined the three "basics" of opera singing: proper breathing, posture and tone control. She added that many singers do not receive adequate training in these skills...

Author: By Justina K. Carlson, | Title: Winthrop House Master Class Teaches Opera Singing Basics | 2/10/1978 | See Source »

...there is a constant tension beneath the surface, a dissonance that colors the music as the ugly drug haze shades her reverie. The instrumental has a definite form, with recurring themes and a refrain, but it is not rigidly structured. This passage makes for poor background music. As a tone poem, however, it powerfully strikes the listener...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Angels and Devils | 2/7/1978 | See Source »

...some reason she has given the film an on-screen chorus whose androgynous members offer polemical asides about the hero's behavior; these cretins raise the film's misanthropic tone to a screech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Water Torture | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

These performances "set the tone for the rest of the meet," Coach Stephanie Walsh said last night. The Crimson went on to win nine events, including the final 400-yd. freestyle relay, and the same names kept cropping up in the win column...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Women Fly by UNH, 81-50 | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

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