Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Teachers, said Dr. Hoff, should keep in closer touch with parents about their pupils' problems. And they should have better training in detecting the neurotic symptoms which most commonly lead to suicide attempts-especially excessive daydreaming, sudden drops in grades, and social withdrawal from teachers and class mates. Dr. Hoff gave one final warning: teachers must not underestimate the seriousness of children who use suicide threats as a form of blackmail. "They do not do it for a joke," he said, "but because they are in need of something...
...Light Touch. In London, winning ?1,555 ($4,354) for injuries suffered in a bus collision, Mrs. Celia Lampert asked an additional settlement because her husband Samuel had left her after the accident, but this was ruled out by the judge: "The loss of such a man is not a very serious matter except from the point of view of pride...
...Oxford High table for the House. High Table now meets every other Monday night; the tower is lighted at six-thirty, ten seniors (invited in rotation) dine formally with the master, tutor, and guests on a raised dais at one end of the hall. Perkins puts his own touch to this institution as well as adding a weekly session of cucumber sandwiches presided over by Mrs. Perkins. There is a standing invitation for all House members...
Finally, the chandeliers in the dining rooms which are placed (intentionally or not) to hide the omnipotent clock at one end of the hall, add another touch of gracious living to the House...
Atkinson, who terms O'Neill "America's greatest dramatist," first became acquainted with the playwright in 1920 and remained a lifelong friend. "The unpublished manuscript I know of," Atkinson explained, "is 'A Touch of the Poet', which is probably locked up in the Random House vault...