Word: toning
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...They use this as a playground,” he says. “They have to pick up their trash.” “They drink,” he adds with a compassionate and understanding tone. “But they have a very bad habit...
...Dartmouth University.The symposium brought together PIH doctors, volunteers, and project leaders who work for social justice and health care to highlight this year’s theme of “Solidarity in Action,” shown in the power of accompaniment.The event opened with a somber tone as three speakers gave a tribute to Dr. Josue Augustin, the director of surgery for PIH’s partner organization in Haiti, whose murder on August 31st, 2009 remains unsolved.Mourning the loss of Augustin, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer for PIH described him as “a gifted...
More unsettling to this young writer was the dismissive tone of the Democrats’ official response to keynote speaker and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s speech. After Governor Pawlenty delivered a two-part sermon to the choir on the perils of health-care reform and the importance of retaining certain traditional Judeo-Christian morals, Democratic National Committee spokesman Hari Sevugan offered the following statement: “It looks like Tim Pawlenty isn’t even going to offer the pretense of being anything but an extreme right-wing radical anymore. At least it?...
Although Shevugan may be accurate regarding Pawlenty’s political stance, he chose an inappropriate tone for a discussion on “American values.” The response relegated a popular governor’s opinions to the wilderness of unworthy words and offered no counterpoints to Pawlenty’s take on the country’s moral path...
...Alisha D. Ramos ’12, editor-in-chief of the Voice, called the piece an “outrageous” fabrication. On the Voice blog yesterday afternoon, Ramos denied accusations that the Voice planned to stalk Watson, emphasizing the purposefully “facetious” tone of the live updates and the happenstance nature of a blurry photograph of Watson leaving Harvard stadium that was posted on the blog the night of the game...