Word: tone
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...attitude goes beyond religion. For better or worse, the current tone is skeptical, derisive and gross. Years ago, American Pie replaced American piety. A lot of movie people don't respect Gibson?s obsession with his Passion project; they are offended by it; fear it. And I'll bet, since the movie could earn huge profits for Gibson and his distribution partners, they resent...
...played well since—the Crimson has had tough wins this season, but more tough losses and almost-wons. It was exciting when Harvard almost beat then-No. 16 Colorado, the near-comeback against Rutgers brought the crowd at Lavietes to its feet, but defeat took a different tone once the Ivy League season began...
...help change this tone, Kucinich said he would create a Department of Peace that would reach out to other nations to achieve worldwide goodwill—a proposal he sponsored in the House of Representatives in the summer...
...least as the commentators define it, it is in the tone, in the constantly repeated conviction that to give to us (the aggrieved voters), one must take from them (the faceless, selfish plutocrats). To varying degrees, Kerry, Edwards, Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, D-Mo., and nearly every other significant Democrat have condemned Bush around that theme: that he is captive to “big” corporate interests in Washington, stacking the decks against ordinary Americans, who need a “fighter” to beat up the bad guys...
...though Dunant probably wouldn't mind if you pictured Durer's liquid eyes during the scenes when the discussion of single-point perspective dissolves into the sfumato of orgasm. But however strong the scent of commercial calculation in Dunant's book--there's nothing like the Renaissance to give tone to sex and bloodshed--it turns out to be a beguiling story...