Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...normal political organization with normal responses. It is the super-lobby of a pressure group. It reaches the grass-roots voters only through alliances with certain county leaders. Joe Grundy believes and says that Bob Taft is the greatest American since William McKinley-and Grundy is so out of touch with voters that he does not understand why this compliment to Taft incites laughter...
...trial of John Fine's loyalties came in 1950, with the big rebellion against Joe Grundy. The Pennsylvania county leaders were disgruntled at the Grundy regime. The P.M.A. expected them to get out the vote, but often ignored their requests at the council table. The county leaders, in touch with the people, thought that they should be consulted on unpopular measures that might hurt their organization. Grundy's P.M.A. never worried much about popularity...
Over the years, more than 40,000 people, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, took the Cuernavaca cure, bringing the state government an average $30,000 a year in fees, and enriching several local lawyers. If the divorcing spouse got in touch with the right lawyer, it was not even necessary to show up in Cuernavaca. Most divorce seekers, however, gladly made the trip. With its lush gardens, colonial buildings, year-round swimming pools and air-conditioned cocktail lounges, Cuernavaca is an agreeable place to spend a few days. Among the divorce-bound visitors: Heiress Barbara Hutton, Actress Myrna...
...Rome, Maestro Arturo Toscaninl, 85, bothered by a year-old knee injury, put his ailing leg in the hands of Hypnotist Achille ("The Sorcerer of Naples") D'Angelo, widely known in Italy for cures attributed to his mesmeric touch...
That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose...