It was a very serious tone -- he was setting the tone, taking his first steps as president.
Leadership is about setting the tone upfront, making sure your agenda is understood and knowing how much negotiation space exists.
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Mercedes-Benz Flagship Dealership opened last month in Manhattan setting the tone for what shopping should be like beginning with fine architectural excellence.
During the election that followed, Candidate Clinton followed suit and attacked Beijing, so setting the tone for his unsuccessful early China policy.
The prices do not necessarily reflect quality or size and are more linked to publicity and setting the tone for the business year.
But Freeman credited Craig Stammen with setting the tone for the game after replacing Strasburg, who strained his right oblique, to start the third.
She pointed out that when she built her initial team, she knew she would be setting the tone for the company as it grew.
Its businesses have played a critical role in setting the tone for Spain's image abroad and the pace of its involvement around the world.
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And in 2004's AFC title game, an epic fumble by Pittsburgh's Jerome Bettis led to a 60-yard touchdown pass by Tom Brady, setting the tone for a 41-27 New England beating.
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And it was Parker who brought Upton Park to life after a subdued opening period with a couple of trademark tackles, setting the tone for the Hammers to go ahead after 34 minutes.
Many magazine editors, modelling agents and casting directors say they want to use more diverse models, but can't because of industry expectations - with each blaming the other group for setting the tone.
With the formalities finally out of the way, a clap of thunder echoed around the park and Prince launched into Let's Go Crazy, swiftly followed by Delirious, setting the tone for an upbeat, hit-fuelled set.
Bath's cause was not helped by some hapless goalkicking, with Ryan Davis, who took on the kicking duties in the absence of Butch James and Olly Barkley, setting the tone for an error-strewn display with two early penalty misses.
It was his fourth State of the Union address and seventh speech to a joint sitting of Congress, and analysts considered it a crucial moment for setting the tone for the political dialogue after four years of partisan division and congressional dysfunction.
Little did Kim know that he was setting the surreal tone for the Dec. 18 election.
But I think setting the right tone publicly is going to be important and could end up making a difference at the margins in terms of how businesses make investment decisions.
Not surprisingly, in America the ethnic market is setting the new tone.
During a closed beta phase, invited early adopters help to stir interests and create wants for the product, in addition to populating the network with contents, setting tone for the budding community, providing functionality feedback, and load testing infrastructure.
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Customers, prospects and an increasing number of influencers around them are setting the agenda and tone for conversations about our brands and our offerings.
The biggest problem during Carter's Hundred Days was that he grossly mishandled congressional relations, setting a poor tone for the months to come.
If the media held Nixon responsible for setting a paranoid tone which set off crazies like the Plumbers to break into Watergate, so must Obama be held to the same standard.
The tour is meant to focus on leaving behind the bitterness over Iraq and setting a brighter tone for U.S.-European relations in the future.
In setting the scene Paul skewers the modish restaurant by adopting a tone that is slightly too sharp to be gentle mocking.
These joint efforts may provide a basis for building cooperation in other areas, perhaps setting a positive tone for the new Russian president.
U.S. equities traded narrowly Friday morning on word the economy grew at a slower pace in the first quarter than economists had hoped, according to a Commerce Department report, setting a gloomy tone on Wall Street as the week winds down.
But the tone, the setting, the appeal to the less well-off - all were so different to anything Romney said during the election that it really stood out.
Fronting the view was a bespoke two-tone Rolls-Royce Ghost positioned in line with the setting sun.
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For Microsoft it wasn't about the money, it was about setting a tone.
Wall Street is taking its positive cues from strong manufacturing surveys out of Europe and China, setting a bullish tone ahead of ADP employment data and the ISM manufacturing index.
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He also believed that he could disguise his age, in this particular setting, by wearing a two-tone swimsuit with the right leg lime green, the left leg purple.
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