Word: toneed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wanted this to be an album of women with vocal distinction," says Houston, "that you could say their first name but you don't have to say their last." For Babyface, the key first name was Houston's. "When Whitney does a project," he says, "it sets a tone for the record in general, and it becomes her record...
...Five Satins love song as it might have been tortured by a fourth-rate crooner in a Blackpool pub. John offers a basso-preposteroso spoken verse: "My darlin'...I looked into your eyes, and I could see a National Health eyeball..." The band brought the same proto-camp tone to covers of Three Cool Cats and Sheik of Araby, on a failed audition tape for Decca Records on New Year's Day, 1962. Raw and cheeky, the Beatles sound at best like a dance-hall novelty act. You wouldn't have signed them either...
Participants recognized that the event, which is part of Harvard's AIDS Awareness Week, dealt with a serious issue, despite its humorous tone...
...even Epps has objected to AALARM's tone. After the AIDS postering campaign, the dean called several members into his office to tell them that "the tone of the speech was not contributing to a civil college, and that I hoped they would help us promote tolerance toward other people," Epps said...
...without providing the dignity afforded to principled debate. Refusing to participate in a destructive dialogue of this nature prevents the antagonist from achieving the desired goal of stirring racial animosity. In the absence of constructive dialogue however, the antagonist, by simply being audible, is often able to set the tone of the debate. Thus, while effective in denying him or her the attention he or she craves, ignoring the antagonist often facilitates his or her goal by allowing such claims to monopolize the discourse. As such, in the absence of principled dialogue and where the discourse is vital, the destructive...