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A lot of things look the same, there are facility upgrades, don’t get me wrong, but the tone and tenor that Luke has brought is special. It’s exciting to be a part of that. You feel that. So, it’s very similar and very different all at the same time. – Kerry Coombs	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I agree that it's an uphill slog to see federal legalization, but what we're putting on the table is inevitability, when you get to the point when half of the country has legalized for adult-use, we have now set a stage for inevitability. And that begins to change the tone and tenor in Washington. – Steven Hawkins	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about. – Emmylou Harris	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
The tempo and tenor of the recent explosions in Iran have been unusual. There is evidence of a concerted campaign underway to thwart Irans nuclear program, the more Iran advances its nuclear program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the greater the likelihood for additional strikes. – Jason Brodsky	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Pavarotti, it's unbelievably difficult to become that kind of tenor at that level. That's not just a gift but years of passion, focus and work. – Ron Howard	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Market conditions are exceptionally favorable for issuers, in some markets issuers can optimize either price, size or tenor. In this market issuers can get all three. – Marc Fratepietro	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In some markets issuers can optimize either price, size or tenor. In this market issuers can get all three, there's not a lot of upside to waiting. – Marc Fratepietro	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We used to could walk up to them and talk with the FBI agents in a friendly manner... but the tenor has changed, they have become more hardened. When they step out of their vehicles now they're stepping out with their rifles and they're not willing to engage in just friendly dialogue... – Robert LaVoy Finicum	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The tenor of the debate in the U.S. is being noticed, and to the extent that these deniers had some role in creating that dynamic within the Republican electorate, they’ve certainly had an impact. – Alden Meyer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a great environment for consumers, consumers typically have narrow pre-agreed risk management remits, but have extended their hedging activities by amount and tenor. Many are pushing hedges out to five years, and that's pretty unusual. – Jonathan Whitehead	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If the governor does eventually plunge into the race, one thing seems guaranteed : He would be, by a large margin, the Republican field's most provocative voice. No, he likely would n’t win, and he might well get the snot kicked out of him. But more than any other underdog flirting with 2016, John Kasich — defiant, outspoken, critical of conservatism from within — could upend the tenor of the primary season. [ Calendar of a candidate - Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be making stops in South Carolina and New Hampshire at the end of the month. Columbus [ Ohio ] Dispatch :. – John Kasich	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. – Thomas Gray	added by anonymous 9 years ago
One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the less betray the thinker, he must always be instructive, his way of judging a thing must even in the smallest matters be such that people can see what it will amount to when, quietly and self-collected, he puts this power to scholarly use. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg	added by anonymous 9 years ago
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. – Evelyn Waugh	added by anonymous 10 years ago
None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives. – Kathleen Norris	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. – Henry Ford	added by anonymous 14 years ago

A lot of things look the same, there are facility upgrades, don’t get me wrong, but the tone and tenor that Luke has brought is special. It’s exciting to be a part of that. You feel that. So, it’s very similar and very different all at the same time.

– Kerry Coombs

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I agree that it's an uphill slog to see federal legalization, but what we're putting on the table is inevitability, when you get to the point when half of the country has legalized for adult-use, we have now set a stage for inevitability. And that begins to change the tone and tenor in Washington.

– Steven Hawkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

– Emmylou Harris

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

The tempo and tenor of the recent explosions in Iran have been unusual. There is evidence of a concerted campaign underway to thwart Irans nuclear program, the more Iran advances its nuclear program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the greater the likelihood for additional strikes.

– Jason Brodsky

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Pavarotti, it's unbelievably difficult to become that kind of tenor at that level. That's not just a gift but years of passion, focus and work.

– Ron Howard

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Market conditions are exceptionally favorable for issuers, in some markets issuers can optimize either price, size or tenor. In this market issuers can get all three.

– Marc Fratepietro

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In some markets issuers can optimize either price, size or tenor. In this market issuers can get all three, there's not a lot of upside to waiting.

– Marc Fratepietro

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We used to could walk up to them and talk with the FBI agents in a friendly manner... but the tenor has changed, they have become more hardened. When they step out of their vehicles now they're stepping out with their rifles and they're not willing to engage in just friendly dialogue...

– Robert LaVoy Finicum

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The tenor of the debate in the U.S. is being noticed, and to the extent that these deniers had some role in creating that dynamic within the Republican electorate, they’ve certainly had an impact.

– Alden Meyer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a great environment for consumers, consumers typically have narrow pre-agreed risk management remits, but have extended their hedging activities by amount and tenor. Many are pushing hedges out to five years, and that's pretty unusual.

– Jonathan Whitehead

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If the governor does eventually plunge into the race, one thing seems guaranteed : He would be, by a large margin, the Republican field's most provocative voice. No, he likely would n’t win, and he might well get the snot kicked out of him. But more than any other underdog flirting with 2016, John Kasich — defiant, outspoken, critical of conservatism from within — could upend the tenor of the primary season. [ Calendar of a candidate - Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be making stops in South Carolina and New Hampshire at the end of the month. Columbus [ Ohio ] Dispatch :.

– John Kasich

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.

– Thomas Gray

added by anonymous
9 years ago

One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the less betray the thinker, he must always be instructive, his way of judging a thing must even in the smallest matters be such that people can see what it will amount to when, quietly and self-collected, he puts this power to scholarly use.

– Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

added by anonymous
9 years ago

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

– Evelyn Waugh

added by anonymous
10 years ago

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.

– Kathleen Norris

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

– Henry Ford

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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