Toward the end of the ballet, the corps's less than benevolent tone is confirmed: It has turned spiky and predatory, with the dancers' bodies bisected by the curtains at the sides.
Mr. Card, speaking with reporters by conference call yesterday, said the departures from tradition would be apparent in everything from the benevolent tone of the proceedings -- attacks on the opposition will be kept to a minimum, he said -- to the design of the dais.
His is the boyish figure in the dark suit, toned by regular visits to the gym, sipping from a paper cup — not a plastic bottle, mind you — of plain New York City tap water, and announcing the latest tally of swine flu cases in the meticulous, benevolent tones of the trusted family doctor whose idealistic career the young Tom Frieden championed.
And he says it in a mannered tone of benevolent moral superiority that would make a raised eyebrow superfluous.
In his call-in show with the Russian people on Thursday, Vladimir Putin sounded rather benevolent and conciliatory, his tone a sharp contrast with the rage and hatred of the state-controlled media, official rhetoric, and even some of his own earlier statements.
By Masha Lipman April 18 , 2014In his call-in show with the Russian people on Thursday, Vladimir Putin sounded rather benevolent and conciliatory, his tone a sharp contrast with the rage and hatred of the state-controlled media, official rhetoric, and even some of his own earlier statements.
Photograph: The Kremlin Press Centre/Anadolu Agency/Getty In his call-in show with the Russian people on Thursday, Vladimir Putin sounded rather benevolent and conciliatory, his tone a sharp contrast with the rage and hatred of the state-controlled media, official rhetoric, and even some of his own earlier statements.
Death has a sweet-tongued tone, like a benevolent grandpa narrating the movie of Markus Zusak's much beloved novel, The Book Thief, as he picks off characters on the large canvas of small town Germany during World War II.
While the intentions are obviously a lot more benevolent, McConlogue's bet comes off as tone-deaf, like the time Paris Hilton's boyfriend paid a homeless guy $100 to spill a soda on himself.
However much this may have been invented tradition, it set the national tone for centuries of war and conquest, often dressed up in benevolent guise.
His language and tone suggested that the days when America viewed itself as the benevolent global leader, willing to make sacrifices to the mutual benefit of all countries, were coming to an end.
