Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adopts a gentler tone, but will the Kremlin respond...
...technical director of Agassiz Theatre, clearly put a great deal of effort into making the performance a powerful experience for his audience. From the opening scenes in which the actors recite scriptural invocations to the pre-curtain yoga preparation, the play succeeds in establishing a profoundly sacred tone. And though many of the special effects d'Estree uses initially seem overdone and tritely symbolic, in the end they actually work to enhance the aura of authenticity the actors attempt to create...
...addition to the lack of morale in some of the actors, technical difficulties also reveal the movie's low-budget nature. Glare plagues the outdoor scenes and the tone and volume of the sound changes erratically...
...final months of Andropov's tenure were marked by a steady deterioration in both the tone and the substance of U.S.-Soviet relations. Last November, when Britain, West Germany and Italy proceeded with the planned deployment of new NATO missiles, the Soviets walked out of the Geneva talks on intermediate-range weapons in Europe. During the next three weeks, they suspended their participation in the Geneva Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and in the decade-long Vienna negotiations on conventional forces in Europe. Andropov bluntly said that the U.S. had "torpedoed" the possibility of reaching an arms accord. Reagan...
Although Kury's intentions are sometimes obscured, particularly in the relationship between the two women, her film does not ultimately suffer. The actors and actresses maintain a credible tone in presenting personal conflicts and small joys of daily life...