Word: toneed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since my positions on most issues are usually very different from those held by most "mainstream" Harvard students, it shouldn't be surprising that I'm asked this question with such frequency. What disturbs me is not the question itself but the incredulous tone in which it is usually delivered...
...actually believe what you write? How can you be so stupid? Don't you know, as we enlightened liberals do, that your position is deeply flawed?" The tone of the question shows just how far left most Harvard students lean. (If we were to leave the island of liberalism we know as Cambridge, my classmates would be frightened to see just how moderate my positions really...
...addition to the question of the substance of what editorialists write, there is also the question of how we convey our ideas. Tone is certainly a very important consideration in opinion writing. There are times when editorialists cross the line of good taste in their writing, when they are unnecessarily offensive and when they sacrifice clarity of meaning for inflammatory value. Looking back on some of my own editorials, I can find instances of such inappropriate tone...
...negotiating a budget compromise with the White House. Next month the GOP will unleash a television ad campaign blaming Clinton for the breakdown. "We've now shifted gears," Gingrich said, in one of the more dramatic understatements of the week. At the White House, President Clinton maintained an upbeat tone, offering a new plan to eliminate the home sales tax and lower the top capital gains rate from 28 percent to 20 percent. That's "a reflection of how serious the President is" about reaching an agreement, White House spokesman Mike McCurry told reporters. But it's more like...
Rivera's newfound forbearance is the most recent change in daytime television, which is facing increasing pressure, both economic and political, to tone itself down. And indeed, after years of topics like "Get Bigger Breasts or Else" (Rolonda) and "He Slept with the Baby-Sitter" (Sally Jessy Raphael), there is evidence that there may actually be a limit to what audiences will watch. Last week saw the twin cancellations of Gabrielle Carteris' and Charles Perez's shows; already consigned to the scrap heap are the programs of Carnie Wilson and Danny Bonaduce. Of the eight new shows introduced last year...