Word: toning
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...sent their best team to the Nevins Trophy in Kings Point, N.Y., where a consistent northwest wind on Saturday and a lighter northeast breeze on Sunday provided the backdrop for Harvard to sail to a third-place finish overall. In A-division, the Crimson set the tone thanks to the efforts of skipper Kovacs and senior crew Elyse Dolbec, who together compiled just 73 points all weekend, 22 better than the second-place team.“I can’t give enough compliments to Elyse,” Kovacs said. “We did well on Saturday...
...known for your sarcastic style on the air, and even being a little cranky. Where would you say that tone comes from...
Other women missed him, too: one friend wrote to inform him that a particular prostitute was also yearning for his return. Yet the amoral tone of Machiavelli's work seems to reflect his age more than his temperament. In the 16th century, gore and tragedy dominated the Italian peninsula, a hodgepodge of warring city-states, kingdoms and republics. Machiavelli roamed this minefield of intrigue on horseback as Florence's diplomatic envoy from the age of 29. In an early mission, he failed to resolve a long-standing feud between two families, and King describes the result: "The heads...
...early to really have a sense of where this is going to go but it’s something new and encouraging.”HARVARD 8, UC SANTA ROSA 4Opening the weekend with its first of two West Coast opponents, the Crimson set the tone for the weekend with an electrifying victory over the visiting Bear Cubs.Led by Ludwick’s four goals and junior Jay Connolly’s staunch play in net, Harvard managed to stave off a feisty comeback attempt by UC Santa Rosa in the third quarter. Ludwick, who scored once in each quarter...
...book “ruthlessly realistic” and saying the authors make their case “deliberately and dispassionately.” But the review went on to call the book a “prosecutorial brief” and said that its “general tone of hostility to Israel grates on the nerves...