Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tone of the opening cere monies is going to be majesty, in spiration and emotion," Producer Wolper had said. "But the key is going to be emotion." To that end, as all but the Sherpas know by now, thousands of church bells were rung throughout the city for the first four minutes, followed by those trumpeters, that orchestra, choir and those pianos, all while the word WELCOME was being written across the sky. That, you saw. This...
Many population experts accept McNamara's facts, while objecting to the tone of his conclusions. According to Rafael Salas, executive director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and chief organizer of the upcoming Mexico City conference, "There is room for concern, but not panic." He points out that countries in the Third World increasingly recognize the importance of population control. In its 1984 Development Report, the World Bank notes that 85 nations in the Third World, containing about 95% of its population, now provide some form of public support, however inadequate, to family-planning programs. An additional...
...sharp" twosome, complete with Abbott and Costello routines. They enjoy dressing up, abusing women--in one of the first scenes they dump a troublesome one into a trash can--and being generally vicious. The Kid spends his time dressing up (though in spike-heeled white boots rather than two-tone shoes), mistreating women, and being generally misunderstood and abusive. Quite a contrast...
...first sustained applause came as Jackson vowed not to be a spoiler in the coming campaign. "There is a time to compete and a time to cooperate," he said. Then, in muted tones, he summed up his conduct as a candidate: "If in my high moments, I have done some good, offered some service, shed some light, healed some wounds, rekindled some hope ... or in any way ... helped somebody, then this campaign has not been in vain." Next he made a confession: "If in my low moments, in word, deed or attitude, through some error of temper, taste or tone...
...bureaucratic tone, the announcement triggered a week of political drama that led within days to the collapse of France's fragile and often acrimonious "union of the left." After a series of all-night marathon discussions, the Communist Party announced that it was quitting Mitterrand's three-year-old Socialist administration. "We do not have the moral right to allow millions of women, men and disappointed youths to believe that we can meet their expectations within the present government," declared Communist Spokesman Pierre Juquin. "We refuse to deceive them, as we refuse to deceive ourselves...