Word: toning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Newman, Harris uses his extra go-power to create warmth and depth. The set gets off to a rolling, sinew-stretching start on Live Right Now, a down-home boogaloo. Harris plays with heavy-throated gentleness on the bluesy Ballad (For My Love), and with a dulcet, flowing tone on Winter Meeting. There's just a bit of metallic overlay when he turns on the juice with It's Crazy, but then that's the current sound...
...Commentary. The meetings were reportedly working sessions aimed at reaching practical agreements. From the tone of the communique issued when they ended, it would seem that it was the Russians who got most of the work done. Dubček not only pledged once again to place Czechoslovakia's press in "the service of socialism," but also gave preliminary approval to the "temporary stationing" of Warsaw Pact troops throughout his country-a concession that would legalize an indefinite occupation. Though Czechoslovak leaders have privately pledged that "no one will be arrested here for his political beliefs," the agreement also...
...same blaring tone pervades the rest of the state's hospitality. Guides at the state capitol in Montgomery pointedly ask visitors, 'How do y'll lahk our state?" Correct answers may win handshakes with Governer Brewer ("he ain't a Wallace, but he's a good man") or small "Wallace in 68" buttons. In gas stations and greasy cafes all over the state, the same ritual goes one. "You from out of state? What y'll doin' round here? How you lahk it here?" The ritual has an important purpose: about half the people who come to Alabama are Southern...
...serenity makes him irritable and her confidence bruis es his ego. He turns to other women, including his own mother-in-law, before accepting the fact that he has married well in spite of himself. The author writes in an easy, almost slangy style. But despite a refreshingly genial tone and an accurately observed setting, this first effort cries out for a master of magic who could turn some promising notes into a novel...
Although the Harvard biologist indicated in the interview earlier this week that he played a minor and devil's advocate role on the CBW panel, one top PSAC official said in a slightly sarcastic tone yesterday, "it's very interesting that Professor Watson would give this view of his role...