Word: toned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scheduled to hear Herr Hitler's reply to President Roosevelt's recent proposal of ten years of peace (see p. 11), but even before the session began the word got around that the Führer's answer would be cute. Herr Hitler himself set a tone of gaiety for the meeting when, two nights before, instead of dictating his speech to a dictaphone and two harried stenographers, he dressed up in a little-worn dinner jacket and went (along with five carloads of detectives) to the Metropole Theatre where he saw, for the second time...
...fact has obviously escaped Mr. Roosevelt's notice that Palestine at present is occupied not by German troops but by the English," said the Führer in his best ironic tone...
...Such volume! Such beautiful tone! I've never had such a thrill as listening to Harvard boys sing," cried Hildegarde wrinkling up her nose and placing her arm around her CRIMSON interviewer...
...vestal virgins would have to be maintained in order to keep the schools within their proper limits. On the other hand, the faculty could use these same schools as sources of information about the failings in their course. Tutoring establishments could become vital stimulants for maintaining the tone of the entire curriculum...
There is no doubt that a chorus of young people, enthusiastic, and singing for the sake of singing itself is infinitely superior to an older professional group if the purely technical problems of fullness of tone and precision of performance can be overcome. The success of Mr. Woodworth in obtaining results of high professional standard from the student choir, in spite of the tremendous size of the yearly schedule, has provided this community with just such a chorus...