Word: toning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parts like Falstaff, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress and Escamillo in Carmen. His first Wagner, probably at the Met, will be the comparatively light role of Wolfram in Tannhauser, with its lyrical ode to the evening star -- cat's cream to a baritone with Terfel's plush tone...
...Senate Democrats will set the tone of their relationship with the President next week when they decide who should become their minority leader. The battle for the job pits two members who embody different skills and priorities. Connecticut's Christopher Dodd is seen as a tough fighter and good debater concerned first with his and his colleagues' survival. South Dakota's unpretentious Tom Daschle is better liked, but many Senators, including some who support him, worry that he is too willing to push Clinton's agenda...
...assurance was comforting, until I phoned his son to make arrangements. The younger Zhirinovsky's sullen tone made me suspect that I was not a welcome addition to the group -- an impression that was strengthened when I arrived at Moscow's airport and was informed that the Zhirinovsky party had bought out all the tickets in first class...
...postage stamp cost 3 cents." Expect Republicans to pursue a Reaganite agenda through the decade, with Speaker Gingrich aggressively pushing his Contract for America.TIME political writerLaurence I. Barrettsays the "election comes as close as we've come to a realigning election." The next few days will have a conciliatory tone -- however, expect vicious, bloody fights after Congress gets down to business, he says. "After we get through this interlude, we'll see a lot of gridlock on any real initiatives," he says. The reason? While the GOP cleaned up, it didn't get enough seats to override a handy little...
...shepherd Alice, who used to go to work with him. He is, after all, a man who began his congressional career three decades ago by holding a reception for the man he defeated. Nethercutt, who had been blasting Foley for months, seemed genuinely surprised by the Democrat's new tone. "This is a different Mr. Foley," he lamented...