Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loss would set the tone for the Crimson offensively for the weekend. Harvard's offense was erratic for four out of the five games, averaging 2.25 runs in them. An 8-0 win in the finals against Cornell was the exception; since that was the Big Red's first loss of the tournament, Harvard had to defeat Cornell once more...
...overshadow the latters creativity. Sometimes we regret our decisions, like when the National Football League dropped its failed experiment with instant replay. Other times, we seem overtaken by those choices, as in a world where live operators seem to have been totally and permanently replaced by monstrous touch-tone information menus...
...Blair world is also one in which Judeo-Christian values will flourish. The Major regime had a smack of agnosticism, even atheism, about it, and its endless sex scandals set a low moral tone for the nation. Blair is the first Prime Minister to be a regular Sunday churchgoer since the beginning of the century. What is perhaps more immediately important is that he considers his religious and his political values to be identical, believing that Christian convictions translate directly into politics. One of his chief aims will be to do all in his power to rebuild the family...
...than 500 pieces of paper mail--passed on, bucket-brigade style, from publishers, post-office boxes and agents--washes up at Weil's door. Thousands more pour in electronically, transmitted to Weil not at his unpublicized mailing address but at his widely known Web address (www. drweil.com) If the tone of the letters is not exactly rapturous, it comes pretty close...
...Helena. If the men's roles are supposed to be almost interchangeable, then the women must play off each other's differences, and Henderson and Schneider work well together. Their portrayals of strong but lovelorn maidens, vacillating between sincerity and over-the-top silliness, are perfectly suited to the tone of the comedy...