Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eagles played errorless ball--no mean feat in a college game--and managed to touch Ira Godin, who went the distance for the Crimson, for eight timely hits, seven of which contributed to their scoring. Don O'Brien, BC's right-handed pitcher, limited Coach Dolph Samborski's squad to five blows, and was effectively cool throughout the proceedings...
Professor Conant's plan call for replacing the wartime roof with the old-style gray slate, adding a touch of red striping for color. He also would return the ironwork fence, the original weather vanes, and the three small pinnacles which rose above each clock face...
...University's Anthropology Department has gathered momentum in the past few years until today students of Anthropology and its allied subjects convenes at Harvard from many nations to take advantage of "the best Anthropological library in the world," a scope of study which no other university can touch, and the instruction of an excellent, if small, staff...
...outstretched hands of Christendom's churches are still a long way from meeting in a solid clasp of friendship. But nowhere in Europe do so many fingers touch each other as at the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute. Founded last year (TIME, May 20) as part of a $6,000,000 program to reconstruct European religious life, the Institute is financed largely by U.S. church members.* It has already been in operation for six months, has sent 73 men & women back to their homelands with broader Christian perspectives and more international Christian ties...
...professor at the Conservatory of Geneva, Lipatti has been spreading his rapidly growing reputation by exhaustive tours of Europe. Already an excellent technician, his interpretation of Romantic and Modern music have often been hostilely received by critics. His Ravel, and even more strikingly, his Chopin have a neat, precise touch that makes them sound almost Classical to ears accustomed to the rather hyper-poetical treatment of many better known pianists, such as his former teacher. On the other hand, his beautiful feeling for the earlier composers. Bach, Scarlatti, and Mozart--has been widely and justifiably acclaimed. He is already under...