Despite Plummer's best efforts (and convincingly cottony facial foliage) — and he does, at his best moments, convey a Falstaffian appetite and humor girded beneath the tight bonds of self-denying principle — the overall tone of the movie reminds me of that popular tabloid feature, "Literary Geniuses: They're Just Like Us".
Presenting its interim report, the committee said reform should be guided by the following principles: responsibility, humility, tone at the top, respect and candor.
In an exchange about abortion -- the Democrat said he would reject judicial nominees who opposed Roe v. Wade, while the Republican said he had no litmus test -- Mr. Mondale said, "This is about fundamental principles and not tone".
Natural principles of resonance (tone) and entrainment (rhythm) are applied to every composition.
In other words, in language perception, these two prosodic principles, duration and tone, could still operate jointly, even though only one of them could be usually available to conscious perception at a time.
At the core of the Speech Hedge concept is the principle that complex tones of voice can be built up by combining simpler elements.
Applying the principles of the Tone Scale and Dynamics to your life is thought to help eliminate the reliance of modern society on mood-altering substances and other primarily commercial methods of "self improvement".. Understand what Scientology is not.
So many arguments that could be won on principle are lost on tone.
The reason why wooing Berlin failed is as much to do with tone as principle.
On Maureen Dowd's column on nuns, I agree with her in principle, but not in tone.
