Word: toning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another chance. "Sure, this is nothing compared to 1991, nothing," insisted bearded retired Navy Captain H.P. ("Jeep") Streeper, also 72, a skipper of the U.S.S. Hancock in Vietnam and a pilot with 800 carrier landings. "But that's what we want, a tone-down. It'll be a couple of years before we get back to battery...
...thing, the collapse of the musically totalitarian 12-tone system has enabled a thousand melodic flowers to bloom. No longer do the words contemporary music mean two hours of agonistic screaming and clangorous orchestral Klangfarbenmelodie. For another, audiences raised on show-biz special effects demand large-scale spectacle, and innovative opera producers have risen to the challenge; not since the days of Meyerbeer at the Paris Opera have set design and direction loomed so large...
...assembling such a wonderful cast of grim supporting characters, Soderbergh allows Bradford to shine even more. Spalding Gray as a suicidal ex-millionaire and Elizabeth McGovern as a bitter and jaded prostitute darken the tone and mood of every scene they are in, giving the second half of the film an eerily acerbic edge. Also featured is the underrated Karen Allen as Aaron's (almost overly) benevolent teacher...
...spite of the overwhelmingly positive tone of the announcement, we are bemused by a comment by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, who said that "this has been part of a long-term project on the part of the department...It's not something that's just come up overnight." Correct, this issue has been around for 21 years; the athletics staff only made a large enough stink about it last semester, though...
...free product samples, the exhibition also offered free concerts featuring Inclined, Eve's Plum, Tribe and Get Set V.O.P. Also featured were lesser-known bands like Greta, who happily signed autographs after their performance. The bands set up with a minimum of fuss and an informality which set the tone for the night. The casual atmosphere made it extremely easy to talk to the bands. Also, the fact that one of the members of Greta had performed in a dress didn't hurt either...