Word: toning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sources in University Hall said last week that Rosovsky revised the letter several times and discussed it with the Faculty Council before sending it out last week in order not to offend anyone by the tone of the letter or when the task force proposals are discussed...
Gall contrasted the tone of Monday's meeting with the situation at Harvard which he said is "blown out of all proportion." He said the danger of creating a new disease is almost zero if the NIH prohibitions on work with pathogenic, oncogenic, toxic and drug resistant bacterial strains are respected...
...Carter exploited the challenger's advantage of attacking the incumbent's record. Both candidates probably reinforced their supporters' choice. Loosening his grip on the podium, Ford used hand gestures and head movements more freely than in the past. Carter's softer, yet still coolly assertive tone may well have gained him an edge among the voters who now matter most: the undecided. Highlights...
Considering the accusing tone of some reporters, Ford handled other questions involving his personal finances with surprising good humor. Asked how he had managed to get along on something like $5 in pocket money per week in 1972, as his recently disclosed IRS audit indicated, Ford replied: "I write checks." He explained away his withdrawal of $1,167 from his Fifth District bank account, which contained political contributions and fees from speaking engagements, for a 1972 family vacation trip to Vail, Colo. The President reiterated that he had promptly reimbursed the account by writing a check, even though...
...regular for eight years, she is basically a mezzo with an unusually high, extended range. Lately, she has been trying to move into the repertory of the dramatic soprano. The results have been only partially successful, largely because in moving higher her voice takes on an icy whiteness of tone. Returning to the mezzo range of Azucena, however, Verrett sang with overwhelming fire and urgency. One would hate to see a woman as lovely as Verrett consigned forever to play a hag like Azucena, but hers is one of the memorable interpretations of the role, both visually and vocally...