Word: toning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when the athlete happens to have achieved journalistic immortality purely by chance, or by a flash of brilliance that he cannot hope to duplicate again, his deification takes on a tone of poignancy, as if it is almost a matter of time until the athlete falls from glory...
...DIRECTLY confronting the moderate center and debating national rather than local issues. Harrington broke the rules of ward politics. "Michael was very direct, he never tried to soften his image," said Ron Fox, '60 who served as the campaign's coordinator for Lynn. "The whole tone of the campaign was dictated by the character of the man himself." Harrington's record as a state legislator testifies to his independent character. He has antagonized two successive speakers of the House, crossed party lines with impunity, and been punished with insignificant committee assignments...
...course of events in the world, in spite of New York City, high rents, high prices, bad air, worse water, transit strike, teachers' strike, garbage strike, two hours on the freeway, in spite of the telephone company, a 2 billion dollar corporation that can't give you a dial tone and doesn't know why- in spite of all this, someone stood up before these people in Sanders Theatre and tried to defend the position that the world would find miraculous ways to survive to the year 2000. You can see that he would quite rightly be laughed...
...opening series of downs, stalled on the Northeastern four, and forced the Huskies to punt less than a minute later. Varsity hurdler Walter Johnson fielded the ball, moved to the left sideline, and trotted 48 yards for a touchdown, untouched behind a wall of blockers. It set the tone for the entire game...
ment of the Moratorium is for an immediate end to the war." But John D. Hanify '71. president of the HUC, said that his letter to Ford suggested suspending classes to "express conscientious concern." about the war. The tone of the HUC letter was moderate. Hanify said in order to attract the widest support possible among Faculty members...