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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important picture on the program at the Exeter is not the feature, Touch and Go, but an hour-long documentary entitled Helen Keller in Her Story. Much adulation has been poured on Miss Keller and much has been written about her, including a good deal of pseudo-inspirational treacle. She has been variously called a saint and used as a symbol of hope and human aspiration. But the excesses of hero-worship have tended to obscure the fact that Miss Keller is a most charming human being. It is the great service of this film that it reveals...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Two Films | 5/10/1956 | See Source »

...Stevenson's former advisers here has been advising him at all. This is Schlesinger, head of the Illinois governor's research staff in the last campaign. Schlesinger said last night that although he has not been specifically asked back to his old position, he has been in continuous touch with Stevenson and Thomas K. Finletter, co-chairman of the New York committee...

Author: By Paul H. Plotz, | Title: Stevenson Won't Abandon 'Egghead' Advisory Group | 5/8/1956 | See Source »

Glenn wouldn't touch the girl, of course, no matter how much she wants him to. But one day she finds him in the forge and tries to fan the flames. "Keeping out of my way?" she taunts. Glenn just looks at her, level-like. "That's right," he mumbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 7, 1956 | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Footwear is following sportwear's unusual trends with a foreign touch: lightweight shoes of distinctive tropical leathers. An open-toed shoe for men is a daring first, patterned after Southern France and the Italian Riviera, where most men wear sandals...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: When the Living Is Easy | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

...finishing touch with a new-style belt, this season features rope, reptile skins, straw, and the more conventional felts and leathers--the male can be sure he is well-dressed when he goes to call for is date, who is doubtless wearing the latest styles herself.David, H. Rhinelander '58 of Anne Morrison '59No matter what a girl is doing, Touraine's seems to have the answer. The summer cocktail dress to the left sells for $39.95. The front is waffle pique in white, the back is cotton eyelet in pink. It boasts a halter neck, a bouffant skirt...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: When the Living Is Easy | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

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