Word: toning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...York Herald Tribune, he had the posture of an 80-year-old. His body was skin and bones, nourished solely by cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes, as far as I could tell. Everybody said he didn't actually speak. He mumbled. In fact, that odd sound was the audible tone of the megavolt current generated by his passionate fascination with the human comedy...
...could see they were thinking how this never happened at their churches up North. They shuffled their bodies with haughty huffs but I bore it, just as I should have. But when I got to the man at the end, an elderly fellow who was more than a little tone deaf, I tried to wedge past only to receive the most self-righteous eye roll I’d ever seen.“Well, I’m sorry,” I said in a real acute whisper.“No you?...
...Harvard set a markedly different tone last season, enjoying high points throughout the year before navigating a similar journey to disappointment...
...The video apparently refers to a five-month-old celebrity-laden youtube video that implored citizens to not vote, and then decided that hey, yeah, you should vote. Tricky! The senior video definitely nailed the slightly preachy tone that we thought only Hollywood stars had down, but left out Sarah Silverman's under-the-shirt bra removal. For shame, '09. More after the jump...
...Alcohol traditionally has featured prominently in these moments of repose from the cares and concerns of life. It drives conversation, accentuates wit, entreats laughter, makes melodious the otherwise shrill and tone-deaf, assuages old grudges, and initiates strangers into easy friendship. It makes possible what, under normal conditions of reality, would be improbable. For that very reason, as well, it poses such a danger if used irresponsibly and excessively. But, when enjoyed properly, drink has served to unite—not to divide—society...