Word: toning
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...house searches and other heavy-handed tactics. But, he says, "That would be the exact example of what [the attackers] want me to do so they can turn the population back in their favor." Now, U.S. troops, not local Shi'ite militiamen, have the initiative and set the tone in this area of Baghdad. Sauer and his men have set to work pursuing leads to track down the militants behind the attack - a process more focused on analyzing evidence and gathering intelligence than on overt displays of force...
...wideout Matt Luft. Pizzotti scrambled right on the play, finding Luft wide open for the score behind a Yale secondary that seemed out of place all day. It was the second of Luft’s eight catches and the first of his two touchdowns, and it set the tone in a game in which the Bulldogs never threatened...
...Coach challenged the offensive line last night in our team meeting to come out and really set the tone for our team," Pizzotti said. "They did an unbelievable job, getting every blitz picked up and everything...
...entire cast of sophomore dancers faced the audience, stamping and thrusting their arms upwards. Although the dancers’ choreography and skill in “Fractured” were just as impressive and artistically striking as in “A Time Upon Once,” the tone of the piece made it more jarring and less enjoyable than the first. Andy Vores composed the music, a mix of synthesized sounds and live orchestra, especially for the dance. Vores’ use of remixed radio excerpts and other unconventional noises complemented the piece?...
...language of science, like that of the United Nations, is by nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is "unequivocal." Climate change will bring "abrupt and irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity. "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly, and with...