Word: toning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whole tone of your postelection hosanna may be wrong. The statement "For the first time in at least a dozen years, Americans were voting for rather than against" ignores many factors. The 41% who voted for Mondale were actually voting against Reagan deficits, militarism and callousness toward the poor. Conversely, those who voted for Reagan opposed a Democratic Party that they believe has lost its cohesiveness, direction and leadership...
...arms control could lead to "broad possibilities for cooperation" in other fields. In a series of answers to written questions submitted by NBC News, the Kremlin leader conspicuously refrained from any criticism of the Reagan Administration, a staple of most of his previous East-West statements. Noting the milder tone of recent U.S. rhetoric, Chernenko declared, "If the statements that are being made lately hi Washington with regard to the desire to seek solutions to problems of arms limitation do not remain just words, we could, at last, start moving toward more normal relations between our two countries." Responded Shultz...
...closing ceremony was attended by General William C. Westmoreland, the former Viet Nam theater commander, and President Reagan. Wearing a raincoat and speaking in a subdued tone, Reagan, who had angered vets by not attending the wall's dedication two years ago, called those who had served in Viet Nam true patriots. "I believe that in the decade since Viet Nam the healing has begun," said the President, "and I hope that before my days as Commander in Chief are over the process of healing will be complete...
...outspoken social activist, helped shape the group's position on labor. Staff Member Thomas Quigley, a lay specialist in Latin American affairs, played a role in the international section of the letter. Insiders say, however, that no single person was responsible for the document's overall tone or content...
...self-contradictory tone may have sounded to some viewers like hypocrisy, but it seemed to reflect instead a deep ethical confusion. Network executives contended off-camera that journalistic integrity required them to report promptly whatever they knew about election trends. "If we have the information, we should put it on the air," said Lane Venardos, executive producer of the CBS Evening News. Yet exit polls, perhaps as much as debates and campaign commercials, have thrust TV into the political process. NBC'S early call in 1980 was said to have discouraged voting and thus affected the outcome of close...