Word: toning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Loker Commons" come to mind most immediately, but there are a host of others. Nor will your parents be particularly receptive to tales of college life involving wild nights of debauchery and hedonism. So tell your sister from Duke or Georgetown or whatever real colleges are out there to tone it down, or perhaps you can at least offer instead to recount (once again) the story of that one crazy night at Pinocchio's when they put cheese on your hamburger sub and failed to charge extra. Whooo, that was quite an evening...
...convoluted collection of Van Tassles and other conniving townspeople who sustain an even more convoluted chain of mysterious events for the investigative Ichabod to logically piece together. More of a saga and certainly scarier and gorier than the original tale, the film version maintains an oddly light-hearted tone. Flashes of squeamishness from Ichabod, absurd puns and other silly touches remind the audience that its all in good...
...whined to her mother, Lowell House's principal dining hall card checker, "I don't know what to do!" Vicky calmly urged her to finish her work. "Just think about what it would feel like, and write something," she said. She spoke to her daughter with the same blunt tone she uses with dawdling diners at Lowell, directing them to "please put away their trays...
...speak some more with Rich Linden and his optimistic tone will change. You'll start to hear a quarterback that has questioned his abilities. He says he's upset that the coaches haven't lived up to their promise of significant playing time. Ask him what his benching has done to his memories of Harvard football, and you'll hear this...
Earning the individual title in 133-pounds at the Ivy Classic (by a commanding 18-10 win), junior Matt Picarsic has set a great tone for the season ahead. A seasoned veteran, Picarsic now seeks to build on an already impressive career that includes two consecutive third place finishes at the EIWAs and a 23-12 record that made him an Honorable Mention All-Ivy pick last year. Joining Picarsic in this weight class are junior John Bachman and freshman Kendrick Sadler...