Word: touch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since Israel is on a war footing, outgoing dispatches are subject to censorship, but both Shenker and Forbath were delighted by the censors' light touch. "Every deletion was accompanied by a detailed, reasonable and slightly sorrowful explanation," reported Forbath. "They even offered literary advice or translations from Hebrew into English." Added Shenker: "On saying good night, one of the censors remarked, 'We enjoyed your file.' They are much more sensitive than most editors...
...Paul VI. The Pope pleased De Gaulle by declaring that "history will tell about his unequaled services to his country." De Gaulle praised the Pope for his efforts for world peace, warned that "peace has never been more blindly menaced." When the time came for a benediction, it was touch and go whether the Pope or De Gaulle would grant the blessing...
...KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING. Some people envisage sex as a noble Venus. Others picture it as a mischievous Cupid. Some think it inspiring, others downright funny. In his four playlets, Robert Anderson uses it to tease, to tickle and to touch his audience, at times moving them to laughter and at times to tears...
...Copy to Love. Reading the letters is "our chief method of staying in touch," says Charles Laufer, a minor mogul in the business, since he now publishes two magazines-Tiger Beat and Official Monkee Spectacular-and next month plans to add a new one, Fave (teenage slang for favorite). In addition to the letters, though, the staffs keep in touch simply by being young themselves; they average 23 or 24. Says Teen Screen Executive Editor Janey Milstead, who is a creaky 27: "It would help if you never grew...
...that recalls themselves are any thing new. For years, Detroit has been calling back cars to correct belatedly discovered flaws. The auto companies have usually gone about that part of their business by confidentially instructing dealers to get in touch with the owners of suspect cars. Then came last September's federal requirement that Washington be notified of all call-backs -and National Traffic Safety Bureau Administrator William Haddon Jr. was soon making all the details public...