Word: tone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than a teaching process," he had said when asked about the note pad. Opposite him in a matching pale orange chair was CBS Anchorman Walter Cronkite, an avuncular master of ceremonies who was hardly needed, so smoothly and knowledgeably did the President field the questions and set the gentle tone that graced the day. Even the high hard pitches drew nothing from the President but the desire to inform. Why are Son Chip and his family living on the taxpayers' money in the White House? "All personal expenses are paid for out of my own pocket," said the President...
...President asking about someone he was considering for an ambassadorship. "He's a good man," said Jordan. "But his wife has a serious problem. I may be wrong. I'll check it. Yes, sir." He hung up. He had coolly warned the President of a difficulty. The tone of his voice had never changed. His feet were still on the table...
...comedy into something like an art form-a slight art form perhaps, but a highly polished one. MTM was the sitcom that was intellectually respectable. The writing, acting and directing on MTM have been the best ever displayed in TV comedy. Owing much to Moore, who always set a tone of perfectionism, the show has been technically superb and beautifully paced. Former CBS Executive James Aubrey used to say, "The American public is something I fly over." But unlike 90% of TV's sitcoms, MTM has always transmitted intelligence, along with a rather unique respect for its characters...
...reassuring (or oppressive) rules followed. Among them: that monogamy is a state blessed by, and based on, religion; that sex inside marriage is sacred, though sinful outside; that it is largely up to a wife to keep her husband from straying and, indeed, to set the moral and spiritual tone of their union. Today, in addition to all the chores of housework-and, increasingly, the additional demands of an outside job as well-the American housewife is suffering from a fundamental uncertainty about what a housewife is or should...
McKinney said yesterday his written statement does not represent a movement from his former position but that "a certain stridency of tone" on the part of the students had "clouded the issues before...