Word: toning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Khrushchev (in a friendlier tone): We want peace with all other nations, especially America...
With the first toast of the evening, Nixon set a friendly tone for the gathering: "I want to say a word about Mr. Khrushchev on an occasion when I am representing the President of the U.S. Mr. Khrushchev and Mr. Eisenhower are alike in one respect. They are both men who had humble beginnings and came to the top. The Prime Minister was once a miner. The President worked his way through school, and among his jobs was the back-breaking job of carrying...
Khrushchev's response was amiable in tone, but he could not resist strumming away once again at his obsessive theme that the U.S.S.R. will soon catch up with the U.S. "In the people of the U.S.," he said, "the Soviet people have a match. But you do not recognize us as a match. The sooner you recognize this the better. We will be wealthy, too, and we will surpass you. We, too, are carrying ice on our backs...
...economically united that still another nation was anxious to join the Outer Seven. But little Finland has to be mindful of what Big Neighbor Russia thinks. Predictably, Pravda grumbled last week that 'Finland should watch out for entangling political alliances. Wise in the ways of Soviet nuance and tone, the Finns decided that the Russians were only growling, not really mad. Accordingly > the Finns promised the Soviets to wait until the final wording of the agreement before joining, but meantime agreed to join the Outer Seven in drawing up the final draft...
...Zeise drew from his 'cello a tone that was beautiful indeed and unusually even throughout the whole range. Mr. Brink proved himself to be an obviously fine musician, but not quite in the same class with his two companions; he had occasional insecurity of intonation...