Word: toned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before President & Mrs. Hoover had been in the White House a fortnight, they gave an afternoon reception to 200 members of the Diplomatic Corps which set a fresh tone for these formal functions. Heretofore guests had filed stiffly past the President and First Lady. The Hoovers, however, moved about the room, mingled informally with their guests, passed from group to group...
...flowing in great whorls toward and about the temple portals, looking ever backward to the approaching figure of the Christus. For the Last Supper, Leonardo's faded painting was lavishly restored in living shapes. On Calvary the greensward was cool, terribly oblivious of the burdened crosses. Solemnities of tone from orchestra, organ and choir sounded through the entire pageant. In the street outside a fire siren wailed. For more than a century and a half the Fassnacht family has dominated the Freiburg Passion Play, passing its privilege to its heirs. In Manhattan six Fassnachts appeared. Georg was a tragically...
Following is the program which will be rendered by an orchestra of 80 directed by Alfredo Casella: Entrance of the Guests into the Wart burg, "Tannhauser" Wagner Minuet Boccherini Suite from "Carmen" Bizet Overture to "The Roman Carnival" Berlioz "Don Juan," Tone Poem R. Strauss "Espana," Rhapsody Chabrier First Hungarian Dance Brahms Intermezzo, "Cavalleria Rusticana" Mascagni Marche Slave Tchalkovsky
...inamoratas find they may not speak to them. The pupils who take their exercise on Fifth Avenue or through Central Park are chaperoned with utmost vigilance. Whether teaching Shakespeare or speaking to her Chinese butler, Thomas, or playing with her two Pekinese, Miss Spence always used to insist upon "tone." Her purpose was "to develop a perfect gentlewoman, intellectually firm, and having, poise, simplicity and graciousness." The new trustees, and the revitalized alumnae were fully prepared to ensure that the new Spence should not fall short...
...position should be for a short period not only is backed up by a growing precedent, but it would appear to have several decided points in its favor. Occupancy of the Assistant Dean's office by a successive series of men fresh from their own undergraduate life insures youthful tone to a section of University Hall all too likely under ordinary circumstances to become a formidable monster in the eyes of some students. The transitory aspect of the appointment also enables graduates in doubt between academic or nonacademic careers to pause on the threshold a moment before plunging...