Word: toning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Charles Dowling, who moved up from the JV team for the match, whipped Jorn Ortega in straight games, which set the tone for the day. Dowling's victory was followed by Jon Masland's 15-6, 15-8, 15-3 triumph...
...Dukakis adopted a more combative tone in his trip through California--he promised an administration with "more backbone" than the current one--his campaign also was fighting back with new ads attacking the Republican environmental record. One commericals shows two beachgoers wearing gas masks with an oil rig just offshore...
...Allies, Churchill's mistakes, such as his decision to sacrifice thousands of British troops in a futile defense of Greece in 1941, were less disastrous than Hitler's, which cost him the war. But Churchill survived to write his own sometimes misleading history, which, until recently, has set the tone for many historians. Perhaps Manchester's final volume will help put both him and his role in better perspective...
...airport to block the rumored departure of the beloved priest. Though the Vatican has been blamed for demanding Aristide's departure, Salesian officials in Rome insist that the Holy See was not involved. Instead, the decision came from within their order. "We advised Aristide time and time again to tone down his sermons," explains Belgian priest Luc Van Looy, a top-ranking Salesian. Van Looy explains that the Salesians are concerned for Aristide's personal safety but also want to halt his preaching of violence as an acceptable means of ending Haiti's injustices...
...humor seemed mostly spontaneous rather than the spoon-fed one-liners of backstage handlers. Asked to find something to praise about his Democratic rival, Bush flashed a broad grin and said, "Listen, you're stealing my close. I had something very nice to say in that." This easy-listening tone was established early in the debate, when the Vice President interrupted moderator Shaw, who was trying to pose a hypothetical question about Dan Quayle's becoming President following Bush's death. "Bernie!" Bush interjected at just the right moment, conveying with that single word the natural human reluctance to dwell...