Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many women violinists of talent and temperament now gracing the world's stages. Korean-born Kyung-Wha Chung, 40, shared first prize in the Leventritt Competition with Pinchas Zukerman in 1967, and has since established herself as a major artist on the strength of her burnished tone and fiery passagework. Chung is a performer of great interpretative range and insight who can light up the night with a blazing Tchaikovsky concerto, probe the intimate, sorrowing mysteries of Alban Berg's twelve-tone essay in the form, or tackle Sir Edward Elgar's king-and-country Violin Concerto with equal aplomb...
...however, says that "Finley was famous as the master who paid the most attention to his house...The real person who set the tone of [Dunster] House was the senior tutor...
...obstacles hindering the effective implementation of Harvard's affirmative action policy? First of all, significant attempts must be made to overcome what Affirmative Action Officer and Assistant to be President John B. Williams called "a barrier of will." If, as Dean Jewett stated, "central policy can set the tone [for University action]," then significant differences can be made, according to Williams, "by individuals who want to have an impact on the problem," especially with strong leadership from the President...
Shawn Hainsworth gives a wonderful performance as Tom, the highlight of which is when Amanda confronts Tom about his job at the warehouse. Hainsworth exercises amazing control as he begins his speech in a conversational tone and then gradually builds the emotion in his voice to a powerhouse level which reverberates through the Cage and reduces the audience to silent admiration. In this one speech he is able to communicate his raging inner conflict between his loyalties to his mother and to his own desires...
Aquino has even struck an accommodating tone toward Marcos, who dearly wishes to return to the Philippines from his exile in Hawaii and has stopped threatening to overthrow the government. Several weeks ago, Aquino dispatched two of her relatives to meet with him. Last week she made it clear that before Marcos would be allowed to re-enter the country, he would have to return the billions of dollars he allegedly stole from the treasury. Though negotiations are still under way and an imminent Marcos homecoming is unlikely, many Aquino supporters are chagrined by the President's willingness to countenance...