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Word: touch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that he would recommend overhaul-though not outright abolition-of the Electoral College system. He said that he favored tax reforms designed to meet mounting congressional clamor for closing some of the loopholes that allow many of the very rich to live entirely taxfree. He has been in close touch with Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the most powerful man in Congress on fiscal matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A NEW LEADERSHIP EMERGES | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...that Apollo's fuel cell was based on an invention by a Cambridge scientist. In Paris he praised French Science Fiction Author Jules Verne in a personal letter to his grandson, Jean-Jules Verne. After an audience with President Charles de Gaulle, he reported, with just the right touch of humility: "I was awed. I realized I was in the presence of a great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 14, 1969 | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...Please don't touch my left big toe," boy said. That was the toe he had injured...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Into the Center of the Circle | 2/13/1969 | See Source »

...vines started to move. "The spiders!" he cried to himself. But as the fear of the night before returned to him, he heard himself breathing. "No." He shouted, looking straight ahead. "I am safe in my breathing. Whatever happens I am safe in my breathing, and nothing can touch me." He began to climb...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: In the New Pastures of Heaven | 2/12/1969 | See Source »

Panoff, filling in for Howie Freedman, has been plagued throughout the season with knee injuries. Imrie will be seeking to regain his winning touch, which had kept him undefeated during his Harvard career until last week's fluke defeat against Columbia. Leading his opponent 16-7, Imrie was pinned in the last 15 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Team Seeks 1st Victory Over Chiefs in Ten Years Tonight | 2/12/1969 | See Source »

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