Word: touche
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the quivering criminal who was nabbed in a pawn shop told investigators he "knew something" about the robbery here, the Providence force got in touch with colonel Apted who dashed off with a staff of witnesses to identify the victim...
...complications concern a movie producer's (Adolph Menjou's) search for a plot with the human touch, which was possibly just what Mr. Goldwyn himself was seeking. Andrea Leeds, the dark horse who almost stole the show in "Stage Door," maintains her standard as "Miss Humanity." The technicolor is not glaring and therefore impressive. Undoubtedly the high spots of the movie are the ballet scenes, which are worth seeing even after the Chicago fire, the hurricane, and the locusts. And the title need arouse no apprehension...
...punch, with tall John Herrick stationed under the basket to tip in any shot that misses he center of the rim. When the players have the "eye", the system is unbeatable. In the same way, a great deal of the team's success depends on whether Herrick has the touch to bat the ball...
Although John apparently lost "the touch" midway in the season when he went into a scoring slump, the tall center is high point man thus far with 126 tallies, 49 of which were scored against league competition...
...Christians of every stamp would be unfavorably impressed by what was sure to be said at the trial of Martin Niemoller. His seven children, as they crowded forward with their mother for the first glimpse they had had in seven months of Dr. Niemoller, were a pathetic sight to touch all hearts...