Word: toning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deeply disturbed by the tone of the staff's position. Such a mean-spirited diatribe is certainly not the way to begin the year, and makes The Crimson appear immature and spiteful...
...voluntarily call it quits. Late last week some Administration officials suggested that Cedras and his cronies may finally be realizing the seriousness of their predicament. Asked to describe evidence for this, a White House aide refused to elaborate but hinted that recent intelligence reports indicated a shift in tone among the Haitian leaders based on "how they are talking among themselves." In Port-au-Prince, a Haitian political analyst scoffed at the idea. "There has been too much bluffing, too many mixed signals in the history of this crisis," he said, "to believe the Clinton Administration is really serious about...
...just got his driver's license. They love speed for its own sake, blowing fusillades of notes that show dazzling enthusiasm but no sense of judgment. Leading his own septet on his fine new album Misterios (Warner Bros.), Wallace Roney proves an exception to the rule. His amber tone and patient, considered phrasing echo the mature works of Miles Davis...
...Short Films About Glenn Gould. A wonderful and creative look at the life of the reclusive concert pianist that will interest both musicians and the tone-deaf alike. I have never been a fan of classical music, and I went out the day after I saw the movie and bought a CD of the Goldberg Variations...
...does so. Mom, who has broken her leg, is a dish, and David O. Russell's Spanking the Monkey soon reveals itself as The Graduate with one more taboo dropped. Instead of being seduced by his girlfriend's mother, Raymond eliminates the middle-woman and emulates Oedipus. . The tone here is so dry that many viewers refuse to see this smart-looking film as a comedy. It is -- a comedy of desperation, about a kid who really doesn't want to have sex with anyone but himself. The movie is finally predictable, but it has connected with a generation that...