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Word: toning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When it comes to my identity, my life is onelong shopping period. Depending on when it'sconvenient, I'll play either into the mainstreamor the role of the outsider. My name isn't toohard to pronounce and my skin tone is merely"swarthy," so it's easy to pass as notparticularly "ethnic." Alternately, whendiscussion group announcements accusingly ask me"Why do all the black kids sit together in thecafeteria?" I answer to myself, "Well, at least myroommates have a 'colored man' like me eating withthem...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IDENTITIES UNDER SIEGE | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

Before the Crimson and Bulldogs battle it out on the football field tomorrow, the Harvard and Yale Glee clubs will be suiting up in their tuxedoes and fighting for the better tone quality and blend. Those choir boys can get vicious. Be there to see if a fight breaks out over the harmony at The Harvard-Yale Football Concert. 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre, 496-2222. Tickets $8/$6 for students, $14/$10 general...

Author: By Sara Reistad-long, | Title: LISTINGS | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...first time. Guessing what the ex-White House intern sounds like has, it seems, become America's favorite parlor game. A recent CNN/USA Today poll shows that 53 percent of respondents suspected she possesed a "high and childish" voice. They were half right. As it turns out, Lewinsky's tone oscillates between excitability and solemnity -- in short, just like any twentysomething with a boyfriend problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Linda and Monica Show | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...limited space. Yet director Joseph Gfaller '01 has been bold enough to attempt Sondheim in Harvard's little black box, and he manages to put on a great show. The opening scene of A Little Night Music, in which the cast dances a long, impressive waltz, sets the tone for the rest of the show. While the number is far from tragic, the eerie lighting and solemnity suggest the darker side of the play to come...

Author: By Stephen G. Henry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Perplexing Play on Bergman; Perpetual Twilignt of a Swedish Summer | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...Earlier on, there seemed to be more of a rock or ska tone to your albums. What changed...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: That Swing You Do: A Chat with CPD | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

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