Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Seagull Strikeout The amused tone of your report on the New York Yankee Dave Winfield incident is typical of the disdain that most people show toward gulls [Aug. 15]. They are among the most beautiful of birds, and their flight is one of considerable grace and agility. If Dave Winfield deliberately aimed at the gull, he should be charged with cruelty to animals...
East Germany, except at tourist facilities, West German broadcast news reaches millions of East Germans. The anti-American tone in much of the reporting would hardly seem to enhance the image of the West. But one prominent left-wing West German editor points out that journalism critical of the U.S., whether in print or broadcast media, may unintentionally make positive points about life in the West. Says he: "West Germany is in effect saying that we can criticize our big brother while they cannot criticize theirs." The editor sums up: "It is more interesting to report controversially. Our correspondents...
...like a detective story, is a tease: Dawn never arrives at a stunning moment of self-realization; instead, the treatment just winds down haphazardly and stops. Worse, Rossner cannot seem to decide what kind of book she is writing. At moments she appears to strive for the heartfelt tone of Judith Guest in Ordinary People; a few sentences later she lurches into smug social satire reminiscent of Fran Lebowitz's Metropolitan Life...
...line comrades that he is tough enough to hold out for a summit on his own terms. Nor is it realistic to think that a productive summit can be convened around what are essentially secondary issues in the relationship, such as whether to open new consulates or install touch-tone dialing on the hot line. Those matters have their significance, but only when they are part of an overall improvement in relations. Similarly, high-level dialogue on cooperation in the Third World is possible only when there is a modicum of harmony between the First and Second. That depends...
That all sounds rather routine, but Brazelton's tone changes as he starts to talk about his test, about the way a baby's eyes jerkily follow a moving ball. "If you give him a human face to look at instead, his eyes will widen and he'll get more intense and he'll follow you," says Brazelton, "and as he follows, his face gets more and more alert and more and more involved, and you can feel yourself getting more and more involved back. This kind of visual involvement is more than just looking...