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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coast, undefeated U.S.C. spotted Washington a one-touchdown lead in the first quarter, then powered its way to a surprisingly easy 35-7 victory. Stanford jammed the Oregon attack and, with Quarterback John Brodie in fine touch, scored a workmanlike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midseason Form | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...much of the early cubism as helped him toward the summit of his ambition-"the painting of space." Says Braque: "A still life lends itself particularly well to this effort. You should have the feeling that the objects almost stand out from the canvas, that you can physically touch them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: BRAQUE: THE COOL FIRE-SPITTER | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...wryly witty narrator of his own adventure, Ashe is allowed enough self-knowledge to be ingratiating, enough self-deception to touch the fun lightly with pathos. Memoirs is small beer, but it keeps its tang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Oct. 29, 1956 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Even those who simply wear a campaign button are subjected to political discussions in their dining halls and are forced to acquaint themselves with today's problems in order to keep up with the opposition. The enthusiasts, the workers, are brought into even closer touch with the issues and with other people through their work in a political club. The value of doorbell inging, for instance, should not be underestimated as an educational experience. The party worker, and particularly the college student, learn more about human relations in a night of trying to force propaganda on potential voters, than they...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Harvard Turns Political | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

...movie was photographed both in the Bahamas and in Florida's Marineland Studios by a group of three young men who got some of their training at Harvard where they produced in 1949 A Touch of the Times, the only feature length movie which has thus far resulted from the activity of Ivy Films. In Secrets of the Reef, which started out as a twenty minute short, they sought to suggest the way life happens around a reef in the southern Atlantic less from the viewpoint of men than from that of the creatures themselves. There are no humans...

Author: By Jonathan Beecher, | Title: Secrets of the Reef | 10/24/1956 | See Source »

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