Word: toning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have no formal ties and in their creaky post-race state, admitted that the five years have sapped much of the muscle tone and some of the competitive spirit. Stroke Peter Lowe '74 says one advantage remained however: "With Billy Hobbs'stomach the way it was, it wasn't that difficult...
What might have happened here--what Sagan had undoubtedly hoped for--does not. No tone reflecting the enthusisam of one passionately interested in scientific inquiry permeates these pages. On the rare occasion when such spirit does break forth, the writing is enchanting...
After conferring for an hour, the Pope and the President greeted 6,000 guests gathered on the South Lawn for the afternoon's second major reception. Here Carter contributed one of the most moving moments of his presidency. In his best preacher's tone, he said to John Paul: "As human beings each acting for justice in the present ? and striving together for a common future of peace and love ? let us not wait so long for ourselves and for you to meet again. Welcome to our country, our new friend." Echoing the President, the crowd burst into...
...other, more serious fish to fry. These take the form of ponderous reflections on the contemporary situation of the sexes, on which subject he is distressingly garrulous, and not exactly Wildean in expressing himself. A digression into homosexuality is well-meaning, but somehow patronizing and out of tone with the rest of the film. A bedtime discussion between Moore and Andrews about just what he means by the term "broad" establishes Edwards' credentials as a feminist, but does not contribute much to the gaiety of nations. There are some boozy barroom dissertations that are every bit as entertaining...
...contrast between the on-location San Francisco exteriors, where the rest of the film unfolds, and the period sets for the Victorian England scenes, captures nicely the disparate tone of the two eras: the sheltered, made-to-order past versus the open, anything-goes present. Meyer makes good use of the city, staging a riveting chase over San Francisco's split-level belvederes and sky-ways. Not that Wells spends all his time chasing Stevenson. Romance blooms in the person of Amy, an aggressive bank-executive who takes him to lunch, to the movies, and to her apartment, where Wells...