Word: toning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manhattan, a Bach choral prelude and Brahms's C minor symphony issued in rapturous perfection from the gloom of old Carnegie Hall. Even a tone poem about a Prophet, in phrases and measures twisted to tortuous futurity by one Ernest Pingoud, 26-year-old Swiss with a Russian upbringing, became articulate; for in the gloom was hidden the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. But the audience was slightly disconcerted during this notable visit. Desiring to "intensify the mystery and eloquence and beauty of the music" Conductor Stokowski had made his men invisible, with only steady little stars on their...
...hand-to-mouth methods of the Salvation Army and the more reasoned approach of the Christian student movement and the best trained ministry in the country." The results: "The young people's societies of the various [Waterbury] churches find their attendance upon meetings increasing and a deeper spiritual tone pervading them...
...practice of holding political parades of students had its origin in 1868 in the Presidential campaign of Seymour and Grant, when the procession was decidedly bibulous. For several years the tone of the hilarity attendant upon the rallies grew more objectionable, until in 1872, the Faculty decreed that no student should take part. Since that time the authorities have relented and have had little cause to criticise; the parades of today while enthusiastically attended, are law-abiding...
...hello, Joe," he said. And I didn't mind him calling me Joe. I have become used to that quick familiarity that one must accept hand in hand with greatness. But he continued, and I didn't just like his tone, "Are you going to make a comeback this week...
...middle of the game," said Lewis, "I heard one of the Penn tackles, Sam Goodman, exclaim in a tone of amazement, "What's the matter? We can't seem to gain anywhere." We held them consistently, and managed to get a touchdown and a field goal, winning the game 10-0." The team also defeated Yale, Army, Brown, Carlisle, Amherst, Dartmouth, Bowdoin and Williams that year...