Word: toning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...character of color achieves a more mystical purity in the atmospheric spray paintings of Jules Olitsky. Unfettered by any limits except the edge of the canvas, vaporous colors gradually shift tone across the surface...
...Ford admitted that the increasingly political tone of Faculty debate in the last year has made his position less attractive...
...drive was highlighted by the involvement of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee. Jeffrey Nims '71, the drive's director, said that the anti-war group "gave the entire blood drive a new tone." Posters bearing the Moratorium's symbol, the peace dove, said: "Show that life has priority- give personal witness in a tangible way at Mem. Hall...
...conversational that he is at his best when he retells a story he wrote in one of his books. His extempore dialogue interspersed with "doncha know" and "isn't that so." is witty and engaging. His gruff, gravelly voice, not unlike that of Huphrey Bogart, conveys a tone of ironic detachment which helps in sensing the tone of his books...
...Teddy's future, Bull looks to the past, his tone Churchillian. "They have gone into battle on guns, tanks and in haversacks. They have saved lives by intercepting bullets, breaking falls, and just being around. They've flown round the world, been drowned in floods, burned in concentration camps and worshiped as totems. There are no cases of disloyal, treacherous or cowardly Teddy bears. They seem destined to survive everything and emerge as a triumphant symbol of something or other...