Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Allies: The confused babble of voices raised in response to the Russian announcement of an arms cut (see below) showed how far out of touch the Allies have become...
...with what he has: a dinky curve, a sneaky but unspectacular fast ball, and a frustrating change of pace. He offers no single dramatic talent-he has no counterpart of Carl Hubbell's spectacular screwball, Walter Johnson's terrifying fast ball, Bobby Feller's strikeout touch. Pitch for pitch, many of his contemporaries have what the trade calls "more stuff," pitches that are harder, faster, or trickier. But better than any of them now on the mound, Robin Roberts can put the ball where he wants. There is one precious-diamond word for him-control...
...power. Drawn wide by a briefing officer, they reveal the secret wall maps in the blue-and-gold Pentagon office of the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations. The clock strikes 8 bells-and the Navy's boss, a sea roll to his stride, a faint touch of salt-spray green on the broad gold stripes on his sleeve, barges through the door at 31 knots. This freighter-shaped (5 ft. 11 in., 200 Ibs.) admiral, his ties fast to the old Navy and all its traditions, is plunging ahead in a new and astonishing naval era at the same...
...Mater Dei ever since. At last, one day Father Borelli felt sure enough of success to walk among the scugnizzi in his clerical robes. No one recognized him until he produced a snapshot of himself dressed as a scugnizzo. First they gaped in astonishment, then they crowded in to touch his habit and kiss his hand...
...Norvo with Strings (Fantasy). The first man to make the xylophone talk jazz (in the early '30s). Oldtimer Norvo has lost neither his light touch nor the warm sentiments of his younger days. Playing the vibes, he joins with guitar and bass for some stimulating reflections on such tunes as Cabin in the Sky, That Old Black Magic...