An Indian woman, Bebe repeated in a tone of voice that the lawyer thought was wistful.

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Reading over what she had written, however, Woolf thought better of her stern tone and did not send the letter.

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People with better vagal tone are thought more likely to reap the benefits of positive thinking in their general health.

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The tone of our hypothetical piece is facetious, not hateful, and its thought experiment is meant to illustrate some broader point about Jewish culture. (We can't imagine what that point might be, but this level of detail is sufficient for our purposes.) It wouldn't stand the slightest chance of getting published in the Times, would it?

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