Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evening program had a softer tone, as Republicans sought to avoid the harder-edged speeches that were common at the party's 1992 convention. Mixed in with staple GOP calls for less regulation, lower taxes and moving people from welfare to work were poignant appeals from a woman and child with AIDS and a reminder that a smaller government need not be indifferent...
...Dole, who talks endlessly about leadership, could have urged his Republican colleagues to think beyond the N.R.A.'s financial clout and act in the public interest. Instead, he made the eccentric proposal to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, a suggestion best described as tone-deaf, since it came only hours after the Olympics bombing. "The Senator's view," explained a campaign spokesman, "is that he should address the problem of terrorism in an appropriate forum." Like what? "Like his meeting with President Mubarak." So what happened then? After seeing the Egyptian leader last Thursday, Dole said, "We discussed...
...born in Jamaica in the 1950s and championed by the likes of Bob Marley in his early career, Ernest Ranglin (who has a new CD out) and the Skatalites (ditto). In the late '70s ska resurfaced in the unlikely setting of Coventry, England, where the small but influential 2-Tone label brought back the sound with acts like the Selecter and the Specials (who just released a comeback...
...time, they have deleted other elements usually all too evident: the funereal music, the somber voice of an offscreen narrator, and the snooty self-importance. Airing weekdays on PBS, the half-an-hour series is aimed at six-to-11-year-olds, but the hosts' offbeat affability and unpatronizing tone have made it a favorite among grownups too. In many areas ratings for Kratts' Creatures have doubled since its debut in June, fan mail for the brothers swarms into PBS offices daily, and CBS and Fox are already hankering to steal the show away...
...Buchanan. "We hope to leave as Republicans." However Buchanan did not rule out the possibility of a third party run, emphasizing that he was more committed to ideas and issues than to any political label. His endorsement of Bob Dole, said Buchanan, will hinge on the GOP platform, the tone of convention speakers and the choice of a pro-life Republican vice-presidential nominee. If the Dole camp does not secure an endorsement from Buchanan before the convention, he may try to overshadow the less theatrical GOP presidential nominee by leading a delegate protest, and may well damage his party...