Word: toning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Harvard's Kimbro Stephens ran the 440-yds in a brisk 49.97 to earn second place. Thomas Quinn exploded in the 600-yd race, winning in 1:11.82 Quinn's strong performance set the tone for James Herberich, who secured second place...
John Kennedy's portrayal here is far different from the general tone of last year's tributes. In the move towards liberalism in the Democratic party, Kennedy was actually more of a cautious follower than the courageous leader his media image implied. With the liberal intellectuals who dominated the party in 1959, in fact, Kennedy was on shaky ground. The young senator had, as a congressman in 1949, claimed that pro-Communists were directing America's Far Eastern policy. He was referring to liberal scholars at a number of universities, including Harvard Liberal intellectuals were further reputed by the affection...
...notice this fireplace is totally off center? As so many of us are in Key West," said Guide Larry Harvey, famous locally for his lyrical delivery of such unlikely information as "Some of us do recall the great star who sat in this chair, the late Franchot Tone...
...message, which is illegal, normally does not apply to Europeans. The owner of a sidewalk café on West Berlin's Kurfürstendam excludes Turks because they "lower the tone" of his establishment. Says Brahim Chanchabi, 29, a Tunisian student in Paris: "You see it in people's eyes. It's not so much a look of hatred as of fear. The other day an elderly woman just started yelling at me, saying, 'Go back to your own country...
Even though Barnes claimed last year that he would seek Executive clemency and adopted a repentant tone ("My whole life was shallow"), such meekness will probably go for naught. Barnes volunteered to talk for no more than the assurance that his cooperation would be brought to the attention of the Government. U.S. prosecutors, who last week produced a 19-page memo detailing Barnes' cooperation, insist that the one man who has the power to grant clemency, the President, is hardly likely to give even as much as a chance for parole. Asks Assistant U.S. Attor-Tney Philip Douglas: "What...