Word: toning
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...Alas, non. A subdued Lewis spoke only briefly, in a grateful and serious, almost stricken tone. Veteran Oscar watchers hoped in vain to glimpse the Jerry who, as the Academy Awards host 50 years ago, cavorted and mugged for nearly 20 minutes when he was told the show had run short. This year, the Oscar show ended right on time. But the odds are that, 50 years from now, no one will remember much about it - except that the underdog Slumdog...
...Nashville, baseball's two medical directors, Dr. Robert Millman, who was appointed by the owners, and Dr. Joel Solomon, the designee of the players, delivered a presentation to baseball executives and physicians about the benefits of using testosterone. Angels general manager Bill Stoneman was so surprised at the tone of the presentation - basically, the message he heard was that no evidence exists that steroids were harmful - that he wondered why Major League Baseball even had allowed...
Sometimes it's not just what is said that counts, but the way it is said. And if tone is anything to go by, the leaders of the European Union's largest economies are dead serious about cleaning up global finance markets. On Sunday, officials from eight E.U. countries wound up an economic summit in Berlin calling for tougher regulations on international financial markets-including secretive hedge funds and the tax havens they often rely on to do business. The question is: will the U.S., the biggest financial player in the world, ever agree to the binding international regulation...
...fell to Hofstra.HARVARD 25, COLUMBIA 18Harvard came out strong early in its first match of the weekend against Columbia. After awarding the Lions the first points of the match due to a forfeit at 125, senior Tommy Picarsic (133) paced the team with a 9-2 decision, setting the tone for the rest of the match. Following Picarsic’s example, Jantzen (141), Peppelman (149), and O’Connor (157) all triumphed over their opponents in succession. With the reemergence of Jantzen from an ankle injury as well as Peppleman’s continued win streak and team...
...We’ve been coming out strong in a lot of our games,” sophomore forward Kate Buesser said. “It really sets the tone...