Word: toning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fact, the Obama campaign took pains to strike a positive note a day after Obama's nearly 10-point loss in Pennsylvania, which some pundits attributed to the negative tone of campaigning between the Illinois Senator and Clinton in the weeks ahead of the Keystone primary. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe vehemently disavowed a Washington Post report Wednesday that they intended to go heavily negative following the loss in Pennsylvania-dredging up old sores such as former President Bill Clinton's impeachment and the Whitewater scandal. "We are not going to talk about those issues in the campaign...
...Obama must create a new movement and he must create a whole new choir and in his new choir he's the conductor and they are inspired by hope," Brazile continued. "They are not looking to hear that angry jocular masculine tone that we're accustomed to in American politics. He should not hit an angry note. It's not what the choir will listen...
...gave the Crimson its biggest lead of the afternoon at 12-8. “Kaitlin did really well, she’s been stepping it up so much on attack,” senior Caroline Simmons said. “Right from the start she really set the tone for the game.” Halpern, Bancroft, and Simmons all found the back of the net twice, while senior Natalie Curtis added a goal of her own. Halpern and sophomore Sara Flood also recorded assists for Harvard. “We have so many threats,” Bobzin...
...Obama's tone was defensive and flat, and his answer to a question about whether Clinton should abandon her still unlikely bid for the nomination betrayed how the entire episode has knocked the front runner off his stride. "I'm sure that Senator Clinton feels like she's doing me a great favor," Obama said, "because she's been deploying most of the arguments that the Republican Party will be using against me in November." Which might be enough to make a guy bitter...
...cream. Wong even creates visual appeal in the remains of a car crash, revealing the dead man’s face through a frame of shattered glass glittering beneath rain and streetlight. Wong also creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy’s face, the camera motion along with sounds of laughter and chatter create the atmosphere of a busy restaurant. Later in the film, when Jeremy kisses...