Word: touche
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Queen Katharine of Miss Edith Wynne Matthison seem to have stepped from the canvasses of Holbein at Hampton Court, so veracious are they in posture and costume. But they do more than fill the eye. The vigor and pulse of their reality and the magnetism of their life touch our emotions and make us understand the human qualities of these princely beings...
...view of the unusual interest in the coming election throughout the country, a corresponding increase in political activity within the University will unquestionably be felt. An unusual opportunity to keep in touch with the questions and issues will be afforded by the meetings of the political clubs...
...detail, but still ready for any emergency. And the same was true even farther back. From a region handicapped by the lack of transportation facilities, it grew to a district interwoven with miniature railway lines. There was not a part of the lines that was not in direct touch with the supply bases in the rear. And then there were the endless columns of motor trucks, guns, troops and more trucks. This branch of the French automobile service has been developed to a remarkable degree of efficiency...
...These popular lectures, which are conducted upon a subscription basis, aim, in the leisure of collegiate, as well as non-collegiate, people to give them further education and keep them in touch with the latest developments of art, literature, music, science, and, through lectures in current events, with the changing scene of politics and international relations...
...managed. But the task is too large to be discharged by any single officer. The matters which must be dealt with are so varied in their range and the number of men, organizations and institutions involved is so great that no one person can keep in touch with them...