Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gladhanding. Chandler greeted all constituents as "Brother," or "Honey," glibly filled in the proper names as his local frontmen supplied them: "Good to shake your hand, Mrs. Lewis. You know my daughter married a Lewis, honey. Say hello to Mr. Lewis for me." Whenever possible, he applied the personal touch: a fervent handclasp, an embrace, a clutched arm, a kiss...
Cosmic Tackle. Strangely, the épée-a triangular-bladed descendant of the old dueling rapier-has become thoroughly enmeshed in modern gadgetry. The épée wielder can score by pinking his opponent anywhere on the body; often touches occur almost simultaneously. To give the judges a break, today's épées are equipped with electric switches in their tips. Wires run down the fencers' arms and out the tails of their jackets to reels that are mounted at the end of the fencing strip. A solid touch with either...
Another use is for controlling guided missiles. If a missile depends on microwaves for guidance, it loses touch with its control station as soon as it passes out of "sight" beyond the curve of the earth. It is possible that the new system can keep the missile firmly on a microwave leash over a far greater distance than the line-of-sight method permitted...
...musicians did the most for the dream. They put piano, flute, violin, and harp together with a very good and strange effect. The harp was a very fine touch by Margaret E. Sloan...
...lighter note, Walt Disney's Tomorrowland (ABC, Wed. 7:30 p.m., E.S.T.) made its bow with a lively film-and-animation look at man's attempts to reach the moon via rocket ship. Most authentic touch: the serious, heavily accented explanation of the nation's own German born rocket experts, Willy Ley and Wernher von Braun. To pay a Person-to-Person (CBS Fri. 10:30 p.m., E.S.T.) visit to Internal Revenue Boss T. Coleman Andrews at his modest 4½-room apartment in Parkfairfax, Va., CBS's Ed Murrow unearthed an odd fact: Collector Andrews...