Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hawkish tone that echoed many of his campaign speeches, Reagan also said that a buildup of the nation's weapons arsenal took precedence over the resumption of arms-control negotiations with the Soviet Union. While he did not rule out such talks completely, Reagan stressed that "we have a better chance of finding [peace] if we maintain our strength while we're searching...
...meetings, he received Socialist Lionel Jospin, Communist Boss Georges Marchais, Paris Mayor and Neo-Gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac and Jean Lecanuet, head of Giscard's demoralized Union for French Democracy (U.D.F.). Mitterrand's gesture of consulting with friend and foe alike reinforced the new administration's tone of national unity...
...Harvard, Hamlin aggressively cultivated both academic and social contacts. As treasurer of the D.U. (one of Harvard's finals clubs), he made a connection that saved his father's life. Hamlin's normally powerful voice lowers to a reverent tone as he tells the story. "My dad had had his right lung removed because of cancer and six unsuccessful operations on his left lung. I was talking with [eardiologist] Dr. Powell at a D.U. club function, and he referred me to Dr. Herman Grillo, the leading bronchial tracheologist...
Like the netmen, the men's lacrosse team returned from its spring-break tour with a losing record. The laxmen's early 0-4 mark set the tone for the rest of the year, as injuries to key players like superstar sophomore Brendan Meagher left the squad that was ranked 11th in the nation and the first in New England in preseason polls with a 4-8 record...
Last February in an open letter on issues of race, Bok reaffirmed the University's commitment to affirmative action and although the content of his argument remained essentially the same, the tone and temper of his remarks had changed. After a lengthy discussion of the small pool of qualified minority applicants. Bok concluded that "we face a difficult task in trying to realize the advantages of adding talented scholars to our faculties without breaking faith with our overiding commitment to the highest attainable standards of learning and scholarship." Instead of calling for "special efforts" he wrote "we must...