Afterward, standing before a tile wall of characteristically Islamic patterns and near a woman wearing a hijab, Mr. Bush, speaking in a grave and subdued tone, issued his appeal for tolerance and unity.
The Cantos is at once singular and plural, a long poem consisting of individual bulletins and sets of bulletins, of varying length, scope and tone, issued over the course of decades.
Only after six days of pressure did local Conservatives offer support and it was in the form of a statement with hectoring tone issued by email from an unnamed Hampshire area chairman.
Let me be very clear: It's not just a tone issue it's a substance issue.
"Has nobody told her that the microphone works?" quipped Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough, who led a lengthy discussion about Clinton's voice (the "tone issue").
"I'm sorry to dwell on the tone issue," Woodward [said], "but there is something here where Hillary Clinton suggests that she's almost not comfortable with herself, and, you know, self-acceptance is something that you communicate on television".
In his recent meetings on Capitol Hill, officials said, Mr. Hagel has sounded a more hawkish tone on issues like American sanctions on Iran, about which he had once been skeptical.
