Word: touche
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plane squarely on the junction of these two beams, he turns the control over to the robot which brings the plane down the invisible slope to a landing. All the human pilot does is to handle the throttle, watch the instruments, apply the brakes when the wheels touch...
...else. The eight members of each month's class at "The Seeing Eye," are first "built up" psychologically, encouraged to find their way in familiar surroundings. Then the blind student gets a dog whose harness, equipped with a semirigid, U-shaped handle, is sensitive to the slightest human touch. With an instructor at hand, the student tests his dog in Morristown traffic. When at month's end the student can take his walk without the instructor, he is graduated...
...almost stationary, close to the body and the movements are made with forearms and fingers. They are emphasized by movements of the head. They are not graphic, but follow lines of thought. . . . Conversation without words is impossible. By contrast with the Italian the Jew tries to get in touch with his friend. The posture is characterized by a slump of the neck and relaxation of the knees...
Feature of the épée contests was not the victory of Lieut. Gustave M. Heiss, U. S. A., who held the title in 1933 and 1934, but the first use in the national tournament of an intricate electric gadget, perfected by Fencer Alessandroni, which automatically records every touch. At the tip of each epee is a special plunger which, when it touches an opponent's body, is depressed, thereby closing an electric circuit. A double wire runs down the sword, up the performer's sleeve, down to his belt and along the strip to a reel...
...received yesterday noon by postal authorities who handed it over to the State Police. Finding Davis' name on the package they got in touch with him immediately and took him to the State House for questioning. Later he was brought back to Harvard where the questioning continued...