Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talk their way through life, but the best remembered words they utter are often their last. The mystery of death seems to touch the most commonplace sayings with power and portent. Edifying compilations of last words were highly valued in the days when people spoke of "making a good death." The latest such anthology throws edification to the winds. In his Dictionary of Last Words (Philosophical Library;$5), Editor Edward S. Le Comte includes the irrelevancies of delirium as well as the measured phrases of "holy dying." He has culled such sources as Baedeker's The United States, newspapers...
...this year and can hit 1:36 if he's fresh. He has does the 220 in 2:18, with teammate Ron Mansleski one second behind him, and is the butterfly man between Wolf and Doug Love on the Big Red's medley relay team that can touch out in three minutes...
Herman Shumlin's ability as director is evident in the fact that there are no serious flaws or lapses of pacing in the show. Presumably, too, he will get a touch more animation into Mr. Jourdan's performance. Actually, Samarkand is very near the peculiar, dim excellence of plays that are an unmodified good...
Wynn considers McIntosh, his number one player, "very fast in covering the court and good with his placing shots." Number two, Larry Scare's height and his fine touch make him a fine prospect for the future. Number three, Henry Cortesi, is one of the team's fastest men, "a good fighter with power in his shots, but one who needs experience," according to Wynn. Power is also the chief weapon of John Davis, while Albie Zimmerman relies on deception...
Both Bob Magowan and John McGinley, numbers six and nine, improved greatly since the season started, Wynn thinks. He characterized Magowan as a "touch player," while McGinley relies on power. George Leness and Joel Reynolds, both winners in the Dartmouth match, fill the other two positions...