Word: toneed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Judging from the tone of his column (Nov. 2), it sounds as though Hugh P. Liebert intends to sum up the decades-old debate over gay and lesbian civil rights in 1,000 words or less. But by flattening the views of gay-rights advocates into a few narrow stereotypes, he undercuts the high ground he tries so hard to attain...
...Sports Night's freshness is inspiring, and its potential is great. Luckily, Disney chief Michael Eisner is rumored to be among the show's fans. The network has ordered more episodes and acknowledges that it has not promoted the show properly; plans are under way to better convey its tone. "Today a show needs to be distinctive to break out," says Jamie Tarses, president of ABC Entertainment. Here's hoping Sports Night can break out, for if it fails, it could give distinctiveness a bad name, and that's just what TV doesn't need...
...teacher, in particular, is so patient and virtuous that he seems--cultural bias alert here--almost Christlike. Perhaps that is because unlike the women, whose thoughts we hear, the men are observed only from the outside. It is also true that the novel's second half is subdued in tone. The author has made her point, and the rest is told almost as afterword. The rapacious Mobutu Sese Seko is in power, thanks to U.S. influence. And the Price women, their calamitous adventure mostly behind them, do what people do: get married, or not; follow a profession, or not; grow...
...create a blocking group where one doesn't naturally occur by fusing her group of friends with your, you're probably going to regret it late for one of two reason. Scenario A: you break up (sad). Scenario B: you end up hating or disliking strongly at leas tone of her friends but have to see that person constantly because you blocked together (annoying...