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Word: tone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ellington classic, "In A Mellow Tone," Roberts features the tantalizing tenor saxophone of Charles Rouse. This piece is another upbeat number, and Roberts skillfully uses the breaks that were characteristically Ellington to heighten the light and lively feeling of the piece...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Just the Facts, Please | 2/17/1989 | See Source »

...guys that stood out really well, both freshmen, were Brett Janis and Sam Cole," Tri-Captain Alex Konovalchik said. "Brett wrestled intelligently and with a lot of intensity. I think he really set the tone of the match...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Fall to Red; Freshmen Shine | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Hanson's remarks echoed a tone maintained throughout the day as alumni working in the international aspects of foreign investment, health care, government and religion described their experiences to students...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Alumni Host Career Forum | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...each victim on the cold steel of their lust. Law of Desire draws a bent triangle: a gay movie director, his transsexual sister (Maura) and her adopted child's rightful mother (played by a Spanish drag queen). Revelations of murder, incest, suicide and lotsa hot sex follow, but the tone remains knowing, tender. As Matador is about desire, Law is about caring; the first picture is a morgue shot, the latter a cardiogram. The film is as heartfelt as the tears that seep from behind its hero's red plastic sunglasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pedro on The Verge of a Nervy Breakthrough | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...developing its own bomb. The proposal comes to a vote. It needs unanimous endorsement. One delegate after another says "Yes," until first the Polish, then the Soviet, delegate is heard from. A 37-year-old Andrei Gromyko says, softly and in English, "Abstain." The plan is dead, and the tone of the superpower rivalry is set for nearly 40 years to come. Finally, Gromyko is shoved aside by Mikhail Gorbachev, who knows how to say yes to the West and churn out a dizzying array of proposals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The History of the Bomb | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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