Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convention hall itself seemed a touch less garish than usual. The gay red, white & blue was balanced by quiet greys and blues (which show up more sharply on TV). The face of Abraham Lincoln looked down earnestly on the delegates. An hour behind schedule, pudgy National Chairman Guy Gabrielson advanced to the rostrum, which jutted, like the bridge of an ocean liner, above the floor. "O.K., boys," he said, and banged the gavel...
...only hurt the ears but make other parts of the body vibrate. A man standing in a sound field of 120 decibels (common near the tail pipe of a jet) feels the waves in surprising ways. If he holds out his hand, his fingers get painfully hot whenever they touch one another. If he partially opens his mouth, his nasal cavities may resonate like organ pipes. Sometimes his lower jaw vibrates so strongly that he has to grit his teeth to quiet it down. His ears get hot as they ride the waves; his nostrils...
...debt-ridden New York City, the big Wall Street investment firms have always looked good for another tax touch. Since 1948, Wall Street firms have been paying 2/5 of 1% on their gross income in taxes. On July 1, the bite was raised...
...Jewish summer camp. In Wish You Were Here, not only a group of fun-clutching, romance-seeking, would-be genteel New York vacationers have come to the Catskills; Broadway itself has joined the party. The suitcases are loaded down with Main Stem gimmicks and tricks, but the Joshua Logan touch has killed off the Kober ability to be touching...
Serious Business. In London, the Rev. J. S. Wyatt complained at a Church of England assembly about the modern tendency to give tombstones a light touch, cited one recent inscription: "Cheerio. See you soon...