Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Johnson said that she had not expected the evening to take on such a religious tone...
Johnson said that she had not expected the evening to take on such a religious tone...
...tone of the memo makes the task force look like a calculator. Punch in some numbers, put in an equation and press the equal sign," he said...
...There was no tone of moral imperative. Harvard needs to evaluate who it considers to be members of the community," Vaeth added...
...Templeton grant. At Hope College in Holland, Mich., Charlotte van Oyen Witvliet puts electrodes on a young volunteer. In a moment he will think about a hurt that has been done him and then "actively rehearse" it for 16 seconds. At the sound of a tone, he will escalate his thoughts to "nursing a grudge" and making the offender feel horrible. Another beep will cue him to shift gears and "empathize with the offender." Finally, he will imagine ways to "wish that person well." Throughout the two-hour session, the four responses occur in different sequences, and Witvliet, a professor...