Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleagues on the TIME Board of Economists, which gathered last week to examine the economic outlook for 1981. To a man, the board agreed that the weakened U.S. economy simply cannot endure many more shocks and setbacks like those that have afflicted it for the past two years. The tone of the meeting, the fourth and final of a troubled year, was similar to that set by David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's designated new budget director, and New York Congressman Jack Kemp. Three weeks ago, they sent Reagan a 23-page memo in which they called for the declaration...
...wife Constanze warmly and fetchingly. Nicholas Kepros must also be singled out for the feline subtlety of his portrayal of Emperor Joseph II, brother of Marie Antoinette. Here are the mean, mangling whims of absolute power expressed by a man with a tongue of silk and a tone-deaf brain. In some ways, he is Peter Shaffer's most exquisitely precise creation of the evening...
Almost every normal transition has provided a preview of the tone and method of the new Administration. Kennedy formed his Government in the sagging elegance of his Georgetown home and made casual announcements about his appointees from the frigid front stoop. Nixon installed himself on the 39th floor of New York City's majestic Hotel Pierre, and, as he chose the members of his Administration, the world waited far below...
...England set the tone for the game early, scoring on its first possession. Buffalo had started from its own two-yd. line after Curtis Brown fumbled the opening kickoff and a punt by Greg Carter gave New England the ball at the Buffalo...
...Zhao's worried tone there is still a strong strain of optimism. Beneath his journalist's skepticism and the constant questioning of the logic of past Chinese policies, he retains, as Thomson says, "a faith in the ultimate outcome of justice in China--which means faith in China itself." Zhao still believes in the strength of the revolution. At heart, he is an unswerving Chinese patriot...