Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...April 15 Crimson editorial concerning the current federal gun decontrol bill contained inaccuracies of both tone and content which I feel painted a distorted picture of the legislative history here. You missed a chance to provide some education amid your declamation...
This story set the tone for Law's major theme of the evening being the Catholic Church's "new visibility," or activism, in assuring basic human rights and sustained peace for people in every region of the world--goals which were equally shared by Dorothy...
...line reputation, lobbied to have John Paul take over the second document and write it as an encyclical. Instead, the Pope and Ratzinger agreed to incorporate advice on the contents of the second text from 35 national conferences of bishops, and as a result the Instruction has a moderate tone. The general drift of the new Instruction became known at an extraordinary meeting at the Vatican last month between the Pope and leading Brazilian bishops. John Paul told the Brazilians that, "purified of elements that could adulterate it, with grave consequences for the faith, this theology of liberation...
...straight, a fallen woman redeemed by love, moral corruption that goes unnoticed by police, schemes and counterschemes for revenge, deluded invocations to chivalry and honor among thieves. The end game is enlivened by Freudian twists, but the greatest strengths are Gores' skillful crosscutting, swift pace and mastery of tone. Because his breakneck intensity never falters, the reader is unlikely to pause and notice the implausibilities of the plot...
...choreography includes kicks, stag leaps and sharp arm movements that create a heavy, staccato feeling. This tone is compounded by the men's ability to dance in unison and in rhythm with the percussion that plays throughout. McKayle intersperses painful expressions of work in the chain gang--throwing fists into the air, clasping hands and stamping feet on the floor--with a flirtatious duet that lightens this somber piece that ends with a gunshot and a man's death...