Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Possessing the human touch, Masaryk was always strongly identified with national independence and international democracy, Matthiessen explained...
...fewer than five clubs had gone in for a touch of Minsky. In place of swing bands they had installed knockabout comedians in baggy pants, and strip-teasers in net brassieres. The town hadn't seen so many strippers since 1942, when Fiorello LaGuardia sent them packing...
...important and what isn't. He has probably sent out 40 or 50 notes to editors and writers. These include suggestions ranging from an outline of the lead story in National Affairs to a nice phrase from the Economist. A dozen times a day, he is in touch with his senior editors and with Executive Editor Roy Alexander, whose job is to keep the editorial machinery running smoothly...
Critics struggled for just the right words. One thought that Lionel Barrymore's etchings (Purdy's Basin and San Pedro) had a "professional touch." The gallery director felt obliged to say that Cinemoppet Margaret O'Brien "has definite promise. . . . There's an oriental simplicity about her watercolor, Autumn Leaves, which many artists work for years to capture." One critic summed up: "I hate to hurt their feelings, but almost all of the work ... is fairly...
University political landscaping received another touch last night when a group of 25 Democratic undergraduates planted the seeds for the newest political organization to spring up here, the Harvard Student Democrats...